Where does “vịt xiêm” come from?

vịt xiêm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vịt, from Proto-Vietic viːt — duck.

vịt xiêm (Vietnamese): Muscovy duck

Definitions

  1. Muscovy duck

Ancestry of “vịt xiêm”, step by step

vịt xiêm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese vịt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevịta duck
2Proto-Vieticviːtduck

via Vietnamese Xiêm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseXiêmSiamese
Every word from Proto-Vietic viːt →Every word from Vietnamese vịt →