Where does “bún mắm” come from?

bún mắm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mắm, from Proto-Vietic ɓamʔ — salted fish.

bún mắm (Vietnamese): bún mắm Vietnamese dish popular in southern Vietnam

Definitions

  1. bún mắm Vietnamese dish popular in southern Vietnam

Ancestry of “bún mắm”, step by step

bún mắm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mắm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnamesemắmVietnamese salted, fermented fish
2Proto-Vieticɓamʔsalted fish

via Vietnamese bún

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebúnrice vermicelli
Every word from Proto-Vietic ɓamʔ →Every word from Vietnamese mắm →