Where does “thu giữ” come from?

thu giữ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese thứ, from Chinese 首, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *qV-luʔ — head.

thu giữ (Vietnamese): to seize; to confiscate

Definitions

  1. to seize; to confiscate

Ancestry of “thu giữ”, step by step

thu giữ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese thứ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethứinferior in quality, second, second vice, under;...
2Chinese首neck
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*qV-luʔhead

via Vietnamese giữ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiữto keep, to hold and maintain as one's own; to...
2Proto-Vietick-cɨh—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *qV-luʔ →Every word from Chinese 首 →Every word from Vietnamese thứ →