Where does “nả đăm” come from?

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

nả đăm (Tày): angry; furious

Definitions

  1. angry; furious

Ancestry of “nả đăm”, step by step

nả đăm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đăm

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

via Tày nả

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tàynảcrossbow
2Proto-Tainaːᴬpaddy field
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer p(ɗ)am →Every word from Proto-Vietic ɗam →Every word from Vietnamese đăm →