Where does “trêu chọc” come from?

trêu chọc (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese chọc, from Proto-Mon-Khmer kcok.

trêu chọc (Vietnamese): to tease; to mock; to provoke

Definitions

  1. to tease; to mock; to provoke

Ancestry of “trêu chọc”, step by step

trêu chọc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chọc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechọcto prick, to puncture; to tease; to make someone...
2Proto-Mon-Khmerkcok—

via Vietnamese trêu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetrêuto tease, to poke fun
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer kcok →Every word from Vietnamese chọc →