Where does “bún đậu mắm tôm” come from?

bún đậu mắm tôm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mắm tôm, from Vietnamese tôm, from Proto-Vietic soːm, from Proto-Mon-Khmer sum.

bún đậu mắm tôm (Vietnamese): a noodle dish from Northern Vietnam consisting of rice vermicelli, fried tofu and fermented shrimp paste topped with a variety of ingredients such as spring rolls, boiled pork, sausages, and fresh herbs and vegetables

Definitions

  1. a noodle dish from Northern Vietnam consisting of rice vermicelli, fried tofu and fermented shrimp paste topped with a variety of ingredients such as spring rolls, boiled pork, sausages, and fresh herbs and vegetables

Ancestry of “bún đậu mắm tôm”, step by step

bún đậu mắm tôm traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mắm tôm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemắm tômshrimp paste
2Vietnamesetômshrimp, prawn
3Proto-Vieticsoːm
4Proto-Mon-Khmersum

via Vietnamese đậu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđậubean; nut; to park
2Vietnameseđậu phụtofu
3Chinese豆腐tofu; bean curd; any food with tofu-like physical...

via Vietnamese bún

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebúnrice vermicelli
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer sum
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