Where does “tháo chạy” come from?

tháo chạy (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese thảo, from Chinese 草, from Japanese 草, from Middle Chinese 草.

tháo chạy (Vietnamese): to flee; to run away

Definitions

  1. to flee; to run away

Ancestry of “tháo chạy”, step by step

tháo chạy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese thảo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethảograsses and herbs; to write, to draft; to be...
2Chinese草—
3Japanese草grass; a weed; a herb
4Middle Chinese草—

via Vietnamese chạy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechạyto run
2Proto-Vieticciːʔhead louse
3Proto-Mon-Khmerciiʔlouse
Every word from Middle Chinese 草 →Every word from Japanese 草 →Every word from Chinese 草 →
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