Where does “tiên chim” come from?

tiên chim (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese chìm, from Proto-Vietic -ciːm, from Proto-Mon-Khmer cim — bird.

tiên chim (Vietnamese): siren

Definitions

  1. siren

Ancestry of “tiên chim”, step by step

tiên chim traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chìm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechìmto sink
2Proto-Vietic-ciːmbird
3Proto-Mon-Khmercimbird

via Vietnamese Tiên

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseTiên—
2Middle Chinese仙—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer cim →Every word from Proto-Vietic -ciːm →Every word from Vietnamese chìm →