Where does “ソムタム” come from?

ソムタム (Japanese) comes from Thai ส้มตำ, from Thai ส้ม, from Proto-Tai *sɤmꟲ — sour.

ソムタム (Japanese): som tam

Definitions

  1. som tam

Ancestry of “ソムタム”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiส้มตำsom tam
2Thaiส้มorange; sour
3Proto-Tai*sɤmꟲsour
Every word from Proto-Tai *sɤmꟲ →Every word from Thai ส้ม →Every word from Thai ส้มตำ →