Where does “bữa cơm” come from?
bữa cơm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cơm, from Proto-Vietic kəːm — cooked rice.
bữa cơm (Vietnamese): meal
Definitions
- meal
Ancestry of “bữa cơm”, step by step
bữa cơm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese cơm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | cơm | cooked non-glutinous rice; a rice meal; meat;... |
| 2 | Proto-Vietic | kəːm | cooked rice |
via Vietnamese bữa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | bữa | meal; day |