Where does “sai sót” come from?

sai sót (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese sái, from Chinese 柴.

sai sót (Vietnamese): mistake; error (of omission); shortcoming

Definitions

  1. mistake; error (of omission); shortcoming

Ancestry of “sai sót”, step by step

sai sót traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese sái

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesáiominous, inauspicious
2Chinese柴—

via Vietnamese sót

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesótbe remained; to leave out
Every word from Chinese 柴 →Every word from Vietnamese sái →