Where does “tôm sú” come from?

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

tôm sú (Vietnamese): kind of penaeid prawn

Definitions

  1. kind of penaeid prawn

Ancestry of “tôm sú”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetômshrimp, prawn
2Proto-Vieticsoːm—
3Proto-Mon-Khmersum—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer sum →Every word from Proto-Vietic soːm →Every word from Vietnamese tôm →