Where does “ម៉ាំ” come from?

ម៉ាំ (Khmer) comes from Vietnamese mắm, from Proto-Vietic ɓamʔ — salted fish.

ម៉ាំ (Khmer): fish paste

Definitions

  1. fish paste

Ancestry of “ម៉ាំ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnamesemắmVietnamese salted, fermented fish
2Proto-Vieticɓamʔsalted fish
Every word from Proto-Vietic ɓamʔ →Every word from Vietnamese mắm →