Where does “chim muông” come from?

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

chim muông (Vietnamese): wild animal

Definitions

  1. wild animal

Ancestry of “chim muông”, step by step

chim muông traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chìm

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

via Vietnamese muông

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemuônga quadruped
2Proto-Vietict-mɔːŋcivet
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer cim →Every word from Proto-Vietic -ciːm →Every word from Vietnamese chìm →