Where does “vượt biên” come from?

vượt biên (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vượt, from Chinese 越, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ɢʷrat — to travel, go through.

vượt biên (Vietnamese): to cross the border or frontier

Definitions

  1. to cross the border or frontier

Ancestry of “vượt biên”, step by step

vượt biên traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese vượt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevượtto pass over
2Chinese越—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*ɢʷratto travel, go through

via Vietnamese biên

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnamesebiênClipping of biên giới; a boundary; to jot down
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ɢʷrat →Every word from Chinese 越 →Every word from Vietnamese vượt →