Where does “mắm tôm” come from?

mắm tôm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tôm, from Proto-Vietic soːm, from Proto-Mon-Khmer sum.

mắm tôm (Vietnamese): shrimp paste

Definitions

  1. shrimp paste

Ancestry of “mắm tôm”, step by step

mắm tôm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tôm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetômshrimp, prawn
2Proto-Vieticsoːm—
3Proto-Mon-Khmersum—

via Vietnamese mắm

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

Words derived from “mắm tôm”

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer sum →Every word from Proto-Vietic soːm →Every word from Vietnamese tôm →
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