Where does “hàm ếch” come from?

hàm ếch (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese ếch, from Proto-Vietic ʔeːk — frog.

hàm ếch (Vietnamese): palate

Definitions

  1. palate

Ancestry of “hàm ếch”, step by step

hàm ếch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese ếch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseếcha frog
2Proto-Vieticʔeːkfrog

via Vietnamese hàm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehàmjaw; Clipping of hàm số
2Middle Chinese銜—

Words derived from “hàm ếch”

Every word from Proto-Vietic ʔeːk →Every word from Vietnamese ếch →