Where does “nem chua” come from?

nem chua (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese nêm, from Vietnamese chêm — to wedge.

nem chua (Vietnamese): Vietnamese fermented pork roll

Definitions

  1. Vietnamese fermented pork roll

Ancestry of “nem chua”, step by step

nem chua traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese nêm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenêmwedge; to wedge; to drive a wedge; to thrust a...
2Vietnamesechêmto wedge

via Vietnamese chúa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechúathe retired father of a monarch of feudal...
2Middle Chinese字letter, symbol, character; character
Every word from Vietnamese chêm →Every word from Vietnamese nêm →