Where does “sụn chêm” come from?

sụn chêm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese chêm — to wedge.

sụn chêm (Vietnamese): a meniscus (thin cartilage between joints, especially within the knee)

Definitions

  1. a meniscus (thin cartilage between joints, especially within the knee)

Ancestry of “sụn chêm”, step by step

sụn chêm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chêm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechêmto wedge

via Vietnamese sụn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesụncartilage
Every word from Vietnamese chêm