Where does “cúng cơm” come from?

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

cúng cơm (Vietnamese): to offer food for the recently deceased in the first fifty days after their death

Definitions

  1. to offer food for the recently deceased in the first fifty days after their death

Ancestry of “cúng cơm”, step by step

cúng 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 cùng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecùngthe end, limit; with; and
2Middle Chinese宮—
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