Where does “베트남” come from?

베트남 (Korean) comes from Japanese ベトナム, from English Vietnam, from Vietnamese Việt Nam, from Vietnamese Nam Việt, from Middle Chinese 南.

Ancestry of “베트남”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JapaneseベトナムVietnam
2EnglishVietnamA long war which a dominating foreign occupier of...
3VietnameseViệt NamVietnamese
4VietnameseNam ViệtNanyue
5Middle Chinese南—

Words derived from “베트남”

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