Where does “rừng rậm” come from?

rừng rậm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese rắm, from French rame, from French ramer, from Middle French ramer, from Old French ramer, from Old French raim, from Latin rāmus, from Proto-Italic *wrād-mo- — root.

rừng rậm (Vietnamese): jungle

Definitions

  1. jungle

Ancestry of “rừng rậm”, step by step

rừng rậm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese rắm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameserắma fart
2Frenchrameoar, paddle; ream; train; "now especially" refers...
3Frenchramerto row
4Middle Frenchramer
5Old Frenchramer
6Old Frenchraimbranch
7Latinrāmus
8Proto-Italic*wrād-mo-
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot

via Vietnamese rừng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameserừngforest; jungle
2Proto-Vietick-rəŋforest; horn
3Proto-Mon-Khmerd₂raŋhorn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds