Where does “chợ xổm” come from?

chợ xổm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese chó, from Proto-Vietic ʔa-cɔːʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer cɔʔ — dog.

chợ xổm (Vietnamese): an outdoor public market characterized by vendors selling produce while squatting on the ground; a squatting market

Definitions

  1. an outdoor public market characterized by vendors selling produce while squatting on the ground; a squatting market

Ancestry of “chợ xổm”, step by step

chợ xổm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chó

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechóa dog; a bitch
2Proto-Vieticʔa-cɔːʔdog
3Proto-Mon-Khmercɔʔdog

via Vietnamese xổm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesexổma neighborhood
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer cɔʔ →Every word from Proto-Vietic ʔa-cɔːʔ →Every word from Vietnamese chó →