Where does “sữa tắm” come from?

sữa tắm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tắm, from Chinese 心, from Proto-Mon-Khmer səm.

sữa tắm (Vietnamese): shower gel; body wash

Definitions

  1. shower gel; body wash

Ancestry of “sữa tắm”, step by step

sữa tắm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tắm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetắmto wash a body, usually your own; to bathe, to...
2Chinese心heart, mind
3Proto-Mon-Khmersəm—

via Vietnamese sữa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesữamilk
2Proto-Vieticp-rahmilk
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer səm →