Where does “rùng mình” come from?

rùng mình (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese rừng, from Proto-Vietic k-rəŋ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer d₂raŋ — horn.

rùng mình (Vietnamese): to shudder; to shiver; to tremble; to feel creeped out; to get the shivers

Definitions

  1. to shudder; to shiver; to tremble; to feel creeped out; to get the shivers

Ancestry of “rùng mình”, step by step

rùng mình traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese rừng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameserừngforest; jungle
2Proto-Vietick-rəŋforest; horn
3Proto-Mon-Khmerd₂raŋhorn

via Vietnamese mình

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemìnha torso; a body; I/me, someone of roughly your...
2Middle Vietnamesemềnh—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer d₂raŋ →