Where does “mắm muối” come from?

mắm muối (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mắm, from Proto-Vietic ɓamʔ — salted fish.

mắm muối (Vietnamese): fish sauce and salt

Definitions

  1. fish sauce and salt

Ancestry of “mắm muối”, step by step

mắm muối traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mắm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnamesemắmVietnamese salted, fermented fish
2Proto-Vieticɓamʔsalted fish

via Vietnamese muối

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemuốisalt; to pickle; pickled
2Proto-Vieticɓɔːjʔsalt
Every word from Proto-Vietic ɓamʔ →Every word from Vietnamese mắm →