Where does “tắm” come from?

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

tắm (Vietnamese): to wash a body, usually your own; to bathe, to...

Definitions

  1. to wash a body, usually your own; to bathe, to...

Ancestry of “tắm”, step by step

tắm traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 心

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese心heart, mind
2Proto-Mon-Khmersəm—

via Proto-Vietic saːmʔ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vieticsaːmʔ—
2Proto-Mon-Khmert₁haam—

via Chinese 蠶

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese蠶—

Words derived from “tắm”

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer səm →Every word from Chinese 心 →