Where does “chìm ngập” come from?

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

chìm ngập (Vietnamese): to be flooded (and drowning)

Definitions

  1. to be flooded (and drowning)

Ancestry of “chìm ngập”, step by step

chìm ngập traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chìm

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

via Vietnamese ngập

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengậpbe flooded
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer cim →Every word from Proto-Vietic -ciːm →Every word from Vietnamese chìm →