Where does “chìm” come from?

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

chìm (Vietnamese): to sink

Definitions

  1. to sink

Ancestry of “chìm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vietic-ciːmbird
2Proto-Mon-Khmercimbird

Words derived from “chìm”

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer cim →Every word from Proto-Vietic -ciːm →
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