Where does “chim” come from?

chim (Muong) comes from Proto-Vietic -ciːm, from Proto-Mon-Khmer cim — bird.

chim (Muong): bird

Definitions

  1. bird

Ancestry of “chim”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vietic-ciːmbird
2Proto-Mon-Khmercimbird
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer cim →Every word from Proto-Vietic -ciːm →