Where does “chim nhại” come from?

chim nhại (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese nhài, from Chinese 茉莉, from Sanskrit मालती — a kind of jasmine; jasmine.

chim nhại (Vietnamese): mockingbird

Definitions

  1. mockingbird

Ancestry of “chim nhại”, step by step

chim nhại traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese nhài

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhàijasmine; paper fan pin; maid; maidservant;...
2Chinese茉莉jasmine; perfume obtained from these plants
3Sanskritमालतीa kind of jasmine; jasmine

via Vietnamese chìm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechìmto sink
2Proto-Vietic-ciːmbird
3Proto-Mon-Khmercimbird
Every word from Sanskrit मालती →Every word from Chinese 茉莉 →Every word from Vietnamese nhài →
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