Where does “giảm đau” come from?

giảm đau (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese giảm, from Proto-Vietic -jəmʔ.

giảm đau (Vietnamese): to reduce pain

Definitions

  1. to reduce pain

Ancestry of “giảm đau”, step by step

giảm đau traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese giảm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiảmlessen, reduce, decrease
2Proto-Vietic-jəmʔ—

via Vietnamese đau

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđauto be hurt; to be wounded
Every word from Proto-Vietic -jəmʔ →Every word from Vietnamese giảm →