Where does “xốc vác” come from?

xốc vác (Vietnamese) comes from Hungarian Vác.

xốc vác (Vietnamese): indefatigable; tireless; able to get a lot of things done

Definitions

  1. indefatigable; tireless; able to get a lot of things done

Ancestry of “xốc vác”, step by step

xốc vác traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian Vác

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HungarianVác

via Vietnamese xốc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesexốcto lift up
Every word from Hungarian Vác