Where does “tóm tắt” come from?

tóm tắt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tắt, from Proto-Vietic p-sət.

tóm tắt (Vietnamese): to summarise, to recapitulate

Definitions

  1. to summarise, to recapitulate

Ancestry of “tóm tắt”, step by step

tóm tắt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tắt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetắtto switch off, to turn off; short, brief
2Proto-Vieticp-sət—

via Vietnamese tóm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetómto grab; to catch; to apprehend
Every word from Proto-Vietic p-sət →Every word from Vietnamese tắt →