Where does “hút chìm” come from?

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

hút chìm (Vietnamese): to subduct

Definitions

  1. to subduct

Ancestry of “hút chìm”, step by step

hút chìm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chìm

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

via Vietnamese hút

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehútto absorb, to suck; to smoke; to attract
2Proto-Mon-Khmerhut—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer cim →Every word from Proto-Vietic -ciːm →Every word from Vietnamese chìm →