The story
- Teochew · borrowed from深“deep”
- Hokkien · borrowed from深“deep”
- English todaycheem
Borrowed from either Hokkien 深 (chhim, “deep”) or Teochew 深 (cim¹, “deep”).
Words from the same roots
Hokkien深 all →
chiminology
Teochew深 all →
chiminology
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.