Where does “sai vặt” come from?

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

sai vặt (Vietnamese): to order to do odd jobs, to order around

Definitions

  1. to order to do odd jobs, to order around

Ancestry of “sai vặt”, step by step

sai vặt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese sái

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesáiominous, inauspicious
2Chinese柴—

via Vietnamese vặt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevặtinsignificant
Every word from Chinese 柴 →Every word from Vietnamese sái →