Where does “xát muối vào vết thương” come from?

xát muối vào vết thương (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vết thương, from Vietnamese thương, from Middle Chinese 商.

xát muối vào vết thương (Vietnamese): to add insult to injury

Definitions

  1. to add insult to injury

Ancestry of “xát muối vào vết thương”, step by step

xát muối vào vết thương traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese vết thương

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevết thươngwound; site of injury; cut
2Vietnamesethươnglong-handled spear; lance; injury
3Middle Chinese

via Vietnamese vào

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevàoto enter; to go southwards in Vietnam; to become...
2Middle Vietnamese𠓨to enter; in, into, upon

via Vietnamese muối

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemuốisalt; to pickle; pickled
2Proto-Vieticɓɔːjʔsalt
Every word from Middle Chinese Every word from Vietnamese thươngEvery word from Vietnamese vết thương