Where does “ấm” come from?

ấm (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic s-ʔəmʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer (s)ʔəm.

ấm (Vietnamese): warm; Short for ấm đầu; pot; kettle

Definitions

  1. warm; Short for ấm đầu; pot; kettle

Ancestry of “ấm”, step by step

ấm traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Vietic s-ʔəmʔ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vietics-ʔəmʔlukewarm
2Proto-Mon-Khmer(s)ʔəm—

via Chinese 音

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese音—

via Middle Chinese 音

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese音—

Words derived from “ấm”

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer (s)ʔəm →Every word from Proto-Vietic s-ʔəmʔ →