Where does “tám kiếp” come from?

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

tám kiếp (Vietnamese): unspecified long amount of time

Definitions

  1. unspecified long amount of time

Ancestry of “tám kiếp”, step by step

tám kiếp 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 kiếp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekiếpa life; an incarnation
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer səm →Every word from Chinese 心 →Every word from Vietnamese tắm →