Where does “vietnamek” come from?

vietnamek (Cornish) comes from Cornish Vietnam, from English Vietnam, from Vietnamese Việt Nam, from Vietnamese Nam Việt, from Middle Chinese 南.

vietnamek (Cornish): Vietnamese

Definitions

  1. Vietnamese

Ancestry of “vietnamek”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CornishVietnam—
2EnglishVietnamA long war which a dominating foreign occupier of...
3VietnameseViệt NamVietnamese
4VietnameseNam ViệtNanyue
5Middle Chinese南—
Every word from Middle Chinese 南 →Every word from Vietnamese Nam Việt →Every word from Vietnamese Việt Nam →