Where does “châm chích” come from?

châm chích (Vietnamese) comes from English chich, from French chiche, from Old French cice, from Proto-Albanian tsitsā, from Spanish chicha, from Kuna chichab — Corn.

châm chích (Vietnamese): to prick; to sting; to puncture

Definitions

  1. to prick; to sting; to puncture

Ancestry of “châm chích”, step by step

châm chích traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English chich

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchichThe chickpea
2Frenchchichemean, stingy; scanty, meagre, stingy; able,...
3Old Frenchcice—
4Proto-Albaniantsitsā—
5Spanishchichameat; flesh; boob; chicha
6KunachichabCorn

via Vietnamese châm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechâmto sting; to prick; to light; to kindle; to...
2Middle Chinese針—
Every word from Kuna chichab →