Where does “xăm” come from?

xăm (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic *tʃəm.

xăm (Vietnamese): to tattoo

Definitions

  1. to tattoo

Ancestry of “xăm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vietic*tʃəm
Every word from Proto-Vietic *tʃəm
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