Where does “bữa cơm” come from?

bữa cơm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cơm, from Proto-Vietic kəːm — cooked rice.

bữa cơm (Vietnamese): meal

Definitions

  1. meal

Ancestry of “bữa cơm”, step by step

bữa cơm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cơm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecơmcooked non-glutinous rice; a rice meal; meat;...
2Proto-Vietickəːmcooked rice

via Vietnamese bữa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebữameal; day
Every word from Proto-Vietic kəːmEvery word from Vietnamese cơm
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