Where does “chim sẻ” come from?

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

chim sẻ (Vietnamese): sparrow

Definitions

  1. sparrow

Ancestry of “chim sẻ”, step by step

chim sẻ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chìm

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

via Vietnamese sẻ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesẻsparrow; to divide, to share
2Proto-Vietick-rɛhsparrow
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer cim →Every word from Proto-Vietic -ciːm →Every word from Vietnamese chìm →
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