Where does “vietnam” come from?

vietnam (Finnish) comes from Vietnamese Việt Nam, from Vietnamese Nam Việt, from Middle Chinese 南.

vietnam (Finnish): Vietnamese

Definitions

  1. Vietnamese

Ancestry of “vietnam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseViệt NamVietnamese
2VietnameseNam ViệtNanyue
3Middle Chinese南—

Words derived from “vietnam”

Every word from Middle Chinese 南 →Every word from Vietnamese Nam Việt →Every word from Vietnamese Việt Nam →