Where does “nà chằm” come from?

nà chằm (Tày) comes from Tày nả, from Proto-Tai naːᴬ — paddy field.

nà chằm (Tày): muddy, marsh fields

Definitions

  1. muddy, marsh fields

Ancestry of “nà chằm”, step by step

nà chằm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tày nả

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tàynảcrossbow
2Proto-Tainaːᴬpaddy field

via Tày chằm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tàychằm
Every word from Proto-Tai naːᴬEvery word from Tày nả
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