Where does “chìm đắm” come from?

chìm đắm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese chìm, from Proto-Vietic -ciːm, from Proto-Mon-Khmer cim — bird.

chìm đắm (Vietnamese): to be completely sunk; to be fully immersed

Definitions

  1. to be completely sunk; to be fully immersed

Ancestry of “chìm đắm”, step by step

chìm đắm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chìm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechìmto sink
2Proto-Vietic-ciːmbird
3Proto-Mon-Khmercimbird

via Vietnamese đắm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđắmto sink (completely)
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer cim →Every word from Proto-Vietic -ciːm →Every word from Vietnamese chìm →