Where does “cáy tắm” come from?

cáy tắm (Tày) comes from Vietnamese tắm, from Chinese 心, from Proto-Mon-Khmer səm.

cáy tắm (Tày): bantam

Definitions

  1. bantam

Ancestry of “cáy tắm”, step by step

cáy tắm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tắm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetắmto wash a body, usually your own; to bathe, to...
2Chinese心heart, mind
3Proto-Mon-Khmersəm—

via Tày cáy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tàycáychicken
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer səm →Every word from Chinese 心 →Every word from Vietnamese tắm →