Where does “ghi-ta phím lõm” come from?

ghi-ta phím lõm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese phím, from French film, from English Film, from Russian фильм, from English film, from Middle English filme, from Old English filmen, from Proto-West Germanic *filmīn-.

ghi-ta phím lõm (Vietnamese): a Vietnamized guitar with a scalloped fretboard allowing for bending ornamentation

Definitions

  1. a Vietnamized guitar with a scalloped fretboard allowing for bending ornamentation

Ancestry of “ghi-ta phím lõm”, step by step

ghi-ta phím lõm traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese phím

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesephíma fret; a key
2Frenchfilmmovie, film
3EnglishFilmA thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity
4Russianфильмfilm, movie
5EnglishfilmA thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a...
6Middle Englishfilmefilm, membrane
7Old Englishfilmenmembrane; caul; foreskin
8Proto-West Germanic*filmīn-
9Proto-Germanic*filmīn-

via Vietnamese ghi-ta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseghi-taguitar
2Frenchguitareguitar
3Romanian-re-ing, -ation
4Latin-ārefirst conjugation
5Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
6Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
7Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
9Chichewaiyehe, she

via Vietnamese lõm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselõmcurved "inward"; indented, dimpled, concave, etc
Every word from Proto-Germanic *filmīn-Every word from Proto-West Germanic *filmīn-Every word from Old English filmen