Where does “ngậm nước” come from?

ngậm nước (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese nước, from Proto-Vietic ɗaːk, from Proto-Mon-Khmer ɗaak — water; liquid; The sense of "river, stream" that...

ngậm nước (Vietnamese): to hold water in one's mouth

Definitions

  1. to hold water in one's mouth

Ancestry of “ngậm nước”, step by step

ngậm nước traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese nước

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenướcwater; liquid; fluid; the liquid part of a broth
2Proto-Vieticɗaːkwater, liquid
3Proto-Mon-Khmerɗaakwater; liquid; The sense of "river, stream" that...

via Vietnamese ngậm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengậmto hold inside one's mouth
2Proto-Vieticŋəmʔ—

Words derived from “ngậm nước”

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