Where does “chim chích” come from?

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

chim chích (Vietnamese): an acrocephalid warbler, a songbird of the family Acrocephalidae

Definitions

  1. an acrocephalid warbler, a songbird of the family Acrocephalidae

Ancestry of “chim chích”, step by step

chim 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 chìm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechìmto sink
2Proto-Vietic-ciːmbird
3Proto-Mon-Khmercimbird
Every word from Kuna chichab →