Where does “tôm hùm” come from?

tôm hùm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tôm, from Proto-Vietic soːm, from Proto-Mon-Khmer sum.

tôm hùm (Vietnamese): lobster

Definitions

  1. lobster

Ancestry of “tôm hùm”, step by step

tôm hùm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tôm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetômshrimp, prawn
2Proto-Vieticsoːm—
3Proto-Mon-Khmersum—

via Vietnamese hùm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehùmtiger
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer sum →Every word from Proto-Vietic soːm →Every word from Vietnamese tôm →