Where does “trầm” come from?

trầm (Vietnamese) comes from Chinese 沈.

trầm (Vietnamese): to sink (into); to plunge (into)

Definitions

  1. to sink (into); to plunge (into)

Ancestry of “trầm”, step by step

trầm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 沈

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1Chinese沈—

via Middle Chinese 沉

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1Middle Chinese沉—

Words derived from “trầm”

Every word from Chinese 沈 →