Etymology

yem

Y4E1M3

Today it means: A Vietnamese bodice with a halterneck and a V-shaped bottom worn by women on the torso, originally as an underbodice and now also as an outer garment. Full definition →

Vietnamese yếm ← mkh-vie-pro *ʔiɛmʔ ← Old Chinese 裺
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yem · noun1

  1. Old Chinese · derived from裺“bib worn by infants”
  2. mkh-vie-pro · derived from*ʔiɛmʔ“breastplate”
  3. Vietnamese · borrowed fromyếm
  4. English todayyem

Borrowed from Vietnamese yếm, from Proto-Vietic *ʔiɛmʔ (“breastplate”), from Old Chinese 裺 (/*qromʔ/, /*qoms/, “bib worn by infants”).

yem · adverb2

See hyem.

Yem · proper noun3

  1. Khmer · borrowed fromយ៉ែម
  2. English todayYem

Borrowed from Khmer យ៉ែម (yaem).

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