Where does “bám đất” come from?

bám đất (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đất, from Proto-Vietic tət.

bám đất (Vietnamese): to hold on to the land; to not give up on a piece of land

Definitions

  1. to hold on to the land; to not give up on a piece of land

Ancestry of “bám đất”, step by step

bám đất traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đất

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđấtearth; soil; dirt; land
2Proto-Vietictət—

via Vietnamese bám

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebámto cling to, to adhere to, to stick to
Every word from Proto-Vietic tət →Every word from Vietnamese đất →