Where does “cơm sườn” come from?

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

cơm sườn (Vietnamese): fried rice with ribs

Definitions

  1. fried rice with ribs

Ancestry of “cơm sườn”, step by step

cơm sườn 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 sườn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesườna rib; ribs; a side
2Proto-Vieticc-raːɲ—
Every word from Proto-Vietic kəːm →Every word from Vietnamese cơm →