Where does “Viëtnam” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Viëtnam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVietnamVietnam
2VietnameseViệt NamVietnamese
3VietnameseNam ViệtNanyue
4Middle Chinese南—
Every word from Middle Chinese 南 →Every word from Vietnamese Nam Việt →Every word from Vietnamese Việt Nam →