Where does “thiêu đốt” come from?

thiêu đốt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đốt, from Proto-Vietic tuːc, from Proto-Mon-Khmer t₁ut.

thiêu đốt (Vietnamese): to burn; to consume by fire

Definitions

  1. to burn; to consume by fire

Ancestry of “thiêu đốt”, step by step

thiêu đốt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đốt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđốtto burn, to set fire; to sting; joint; internode
2Proto-Vietictuːcto light; inter-node
3Proto-Mon-Khmert₁ut—

via Vietnamese thiêu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethiêuto burn
2Middle Chinese燒—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer t₁ut →