Where does “Vietnam” come from?
Vietnam (Scots) comes from English Vietnam, from Vietnamese Việt Nam, from Vietnamese Nam Việt, from Middle Chinese 南.
Ancestry of “Vietnam”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Vietnam | A long war which a dominating foreign occupier of... |
| 2 | Vietnamese | Việt Nam | Vietnamese |
| 3 | Vietnamese | Nam Việt | — |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 南 | — |