Where does “cơm cháo” come from?

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

cơm cháo (Vietnamese): cooked rice and rice congee

Definitions

  1. cooked rice and rice congee

Ancestry of “cơm cháo”, step by step

cơm cháo 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 chào

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechàoto bow, to greet, to salute; to solicit; good...
2Proto-Vieticcaːwʔ—
Every word from Proto-Vietic kəːm →Every word from Vietnamese cơm →