Where does “bật tôm” come from?

bật tôm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tôm, from Proto-Vietic soːm, from Proto-Mon-Khmer sum.

bật tôm (Vietnamese): kip-up

Definitions

  1. kip-up

Ancestry of “bật tôm”, step by step

bật tôm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tôm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetômshrimp, prawn
2Proto-Vieticsoːm—
3Proto-Mon-Khmersum—

via Vietnamese bật

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebậtto snap, to switch on; to pluck
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer sum →Every word from Proto-Vietic soːm →Every word from Vietnamese tôm →