Where does “xúi giục” come from?

xúi giục (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese xúi, from Middle Chinese 衰.

xúi giục (Vietnamese): to incite; to instigate; to abet

Definitions

  1. to incite; to instigate; to abet

Ancestry of “xúi giục”, step by step

xúi giục traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese xúi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesexúito incite
2Middle Chinese衰—

via Vietnamese giục

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiụcto urge
Every word from Middle Chinese 衰 →Every word from Vietnamese xúi →