Where does “sa sút” come from?

sa sút (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese sút, from French shooter, from English shoot, from Middle English shoten, from Old English sċēotan, from Proto-West Germanic skeutan, from Proto-Germanic skeutaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewd- — to advance, push; to drive, propel.

sa sút (Vietnamese): to fall into decay; to be on the decline

Definitions

  1. to fall into decay; to be on the decline

Ancestry of “sa sút”, step by step

sa sút traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese sút

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesútto break off, to slip; to shoot
2Frenchshooterto shoot the ball forward in an attempt to place...
3EnglishshootTo launch a projectile; To move or act quickly or...
4Middle Englishshoten
5Old Englishsċēotanto shoot
6Proto-West Germanicskeutanto shoot
7Proto-Germanicskeutanąto shoot
8Proto-Indo-European(s)kewd-to advance, push; to drive, propel

via Vietnamese sa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesato fall (especially from the sky); to drop down; to prolapse
2Chinese
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewd-