Where does “Vietnam” come from?

Vietnam (German) comes from Vietnamese Việt Nam, from Vietnamese Nam Việt, from Middle Chinese 南.

Vietnam (German): Vietnam

Definitions

  1. Vietnam

Ancestry of “Vietnam”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Vietnam”

Every word from Middle Chinese 南 →