Where does “siết chặt” come from?

siết chặt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese siết, from Middle Chinese 切 — to cut.

siết chặt (Vietnamese): to tighten by gripping very hard

Definitions

  1. to tighten by gripping very hard

Ancestry of “siết chặt”, step by step

siết chặt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese siết

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesiếtto tighten
2Middle Chinese切to cut

via Vietnamese chặt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechặttight; to cut, to fell, to chop
Every word from Middle Chinese 切 →Every word from Vietnamese siết →