Where does “dan nhi” come from?

dan nhi (English) comes from Vietnamese đàn nhị, from Vietnamese đàn, from Proto-Vietic daːn.

dan nhi (English): A vertical bowed fiddle-like string instrument...

Definitions

  1. A vertical bowed fiddle-like string instrument...

Ancestry of “dan nhi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđàn nhịa vertical bowed string instrument with two...
2Vietnameseđànflock, herd; a number of musical instruments; to...
3Proto-Vieticdaːn—
Every word from Proto-Vietic daːn →Every word from Vietnamese đàn →Every word from Vietnamese đàn nhị →