Where does “tàu ngầm” come from?

tàu ngầm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Tàu, from Vietnamese Ba Tàu, from Vietnamese ba, from Proto-Vietic paː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer piʔ.

tàu ngầm (Vietnamese): submarine

Definitions

  1. submarine

Ancestry of “tàu ngầm”, step by step

tàu ngầm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Tàu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseTàuChinese; Chink
2VietnameseBa TàuOf or pertaining to ethnic Chinese people in...
3Vietnamesebafather; three; secondborn
4Proto-Vieticpaːthree
5Proto-Mon-Khmerpiʔ—

via Vietnamese ngầm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengầmunderground; subterranean; secret; covert;...
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer piʔ →Every word from Proto-Vietic paː →Every word from Vietnamese ba →