Where does “វៀតណាមខាងជើង” come from?

វៀតណាមខាងជើង (Khmer) comes from Khmer វៀតណាម, from Vietnamese Việt Nam, from Vietnamese Nam Việt, from Middle Chinese 南.

វៀតណាមខាងជើង (Khmer): northern Vietnam

Definitions

  1. northern Vietnam

Ancestry of “វៀតណាមខាងជើង”, step by step

វៀតណាមខាងជើង traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer វៀតណាម

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1KhmerវៀតណាមVietnamese
2VietnameseViệt NamVietnamese
3VietnameseNam ViệtNanyue
4Middle Chinese南—

via Khmer ខាងជើង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerខាងជើងnorth, northern, northward
2Khmerជើងleg, foot; leg; base, bottom, support
3Old Khmerជេង៑—
4Proto-Mon-Khmerɟuŋleg, foot
Every word from Middle Chinese 南 →Every word from Vietnamese Nam Việt →Every word from Vietnamese Việt Nam →