Where does “វៀតណាមខាងត្បូង” come from?

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

វៀតណាមខាងត្បូង (Khmer): southern Vietnam

Definitions

  1. southern Vietnam

Ancestry of “វៀតណាមខាងត្បូង”, step by step

វៀតណាមខាងត្បូង traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer វៀតណាម

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

via Khmer ខាងត្បូង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerខាងត្បូងsouth, southern, southward
2Khmerត្បូងhead
3Khmerដូងcoconut
Every word from Middle Chinese 南 →Every word from Vietnamese Nam Việt →Every word from Vietnamese Việt Nam →