Where does “viết tắt” come from?

viết tắt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tắt, from Proto-Vietic p-sət.

viết tắt (Vietnamese): abbreviation

Definitions

  1. abbreviation

Ancestry of “viết tắt”, step by step

viết tắt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tắt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetắtto switch off, to turn off; short, brief
2Proto-Vieticp-sət—

via Vietnamese viết

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseviếtto write; non-chalk handheld writing instrument
Every word from Proto-Vietic p-sət →Every word from Vietnamese tắt →