Where does “tắc nghẽn” come from?

tắc nghẽn (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tắc, from Chinese 塞.

tắc nghẽn (Vietnamese): to be blocked; to be obstructed

Definitions

  1. to be blocked; to be obstructed

Ancestry of “tắc nghẽn”, step by step

tắc nghẽn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tắc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetắckumquat; to be blocked; to be obstructed
2Chinese

via Vietnamese nghẽn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenghẽnto block; to be blocked; to be obstructed
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