Where does “thiếu hụt” come from?

thiếu hụt (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Germanic hūt-, from Proto-Indo-European kūd- — to mock.

thiếu hụt (Vietnamese): short (of); inadequate; deficient

Definitions

  1. short (of); inadequate; deficient

Ancestry of “thiếu hụt”, step by step

thiếu hụt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic hūt-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichūt-to be naughty, be impudent
2Proto-Indo-Europeankūd-to mock

via Vietnamese thiếu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethiếuto be short of, to lack
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kūd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hūt- →