Where does “Đàm” come from?

Đàm (Vietnamese) comes from Chinese 談, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tam — to talk, to speak.

Ancestry of “Đàm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*tamto talk, to speak

Words derived from “Đàm

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tamEvery word from Chinese