Where does “bướm đêm” come from?

bướm đêm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bướm, from Proto-Vietic paːmʔ — butterfly.

bướm đêm (Vietnamese): moth

Definitions

  1. moth

Ancestry of “bướm đêm”, step by step

bướm đêm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese bướm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebướma butterfly; vulva
2Proto-Vieticpaːmʔbutterfly

via Vietnamese đêm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđêmnight; nighttime
2Proto-Vieticteːmnight
Every word from Proto-Vietic paːmʔ →Every word from Vietnamese bướm →