Where does “mắm sặt” come from?

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

mắm sặt (Vietnamese): a type of fish-based condiment made of gourami or leaffish

Definitions

  1. a type of fish-based condiment made of gourami or leaffish

Ancestry of “mắm sặt”, step by step

mắm sặt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mắm

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

via Vietnamese sặt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesặt(see cá sặc for more)
Every word from Proto-Vietic ɓamʔ →Every word from Vietnamese mắm →