Where does “nấm tuyết” come from?

nấm tuyết (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese năm, from Proto-Chamic *nam, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian ənəm, from Proto-Austroasiatic *ənəm.

nấm tuyết (Vietnamese): snow fungus, "Tremella fuciformis"

Definitions

  1. snow fungus, "Tremella fuciformis"

Ancestry of “nấm tuyết”, step by step

nấm tuyết traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese năm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenămfive; a year
2Proto-Chamic*namsix
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianənəmsix
4Proto-Austronesianənəmsix
5Proto-Austroasiatic*ənəm—

via Vietnamese Tuyết

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseTuyết—
2Middle Chinese雪—
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *ənəm →
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