Where does “dày cộm” come from?

dày cộm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese dày, from Proto-Vietic k-daj.

dày cộm (Vietnamese): very thick

Definitions

  1. very thick

Ancestry of “dày cộm”, step by step

dày cộm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese dày

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesedàythick, deep, dense
2Proto-Vietick-daj—

via Vietnamese cộm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecộmbulging; stuffed
Every word from Proto-Vietic k-daj →Every word from Vietnamese dày →