Where does “Viëtnamees” come from?

Viëtnamees (Afrikaans) comes from Estonian ees-, from Estonian ees, from Proto-Finno-Ugric ede — fore; before.

Viëtnamees (Afrikaans): Vietnamese of, from, or pertaining to Vietnam, the Vietnamese people or the Vietnamese language

Definitions

  1. Vietnamese of, from, or pertaining to Vietnam, the Vietnamese people or the Vietnamese language

Ancestry of “Viëtnamees”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianees-in front, fore-
2Estonianeesbefore, in front of
3Proto-Finno-Ugricedefore; before
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric ede →Every word from Estonian ees- →Every word from Estonian ees →