Where does “chim ngói” come from?

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

chim ngói (Vietnamese): a turtle dove (various species of the genus Streptopelia)

Definitions

  1. a turtle dove (various species of the genus Streptopelia)

Ancestry of “chim ngói”, step by step

chim ngói traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chìm

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

via Vietnamese ngói

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