Where does “lầm” come from?

lầm (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Mon-Khmer luum.

lầm (Vietnamese): to make a mistake; to be mistaken

Definitions

  1. to make a mistake; to be mistaken

Ancestry of “lầm”, step by step

lầm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Mon-Khmer luum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Mon-Khmerluum

via Proto-Mon-Khmer ləm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Mon-Khmerləm
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer luum