Where does “ca đăm” come from?

ca đăm (Tày) comes from Vietnamese đăm, from Proto-Vietic ɗam, from Proto-Mon-Khmer p(ɗ)am.

ca đăm (Tày): crow

Definitions

  1. crow

Ancestry of “ca đăm”, step by step

ca đăm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đăm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđămright
2Proto-Vieticɗamfive
3Proto-Mon-Khmerp(ɗ)am—

via Tày cà

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tàycàthatch grass
2Proto-Taikaːᴬcrow
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer p(ɗ)am →Every word from Proto-Vietic ɗam →Every word from Vietnamese đăm →