Where does “vietnames” come from?

vietnames (Swedish) comes from Swedish Vietnam, from Vietnamese Việt Nam, from Vietnamese Nam Việt, from Middle Chinese 南.

vietnames (Swedish): a Vietnamese

Definitions

  1. a Vietnamese

Ancestry of “vietnames”, step by step

vietnames traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish Vietnam

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

via Portuguese Vietname

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseVietname—
Every word from Middle Chinese 南 →Every word from Vietnamese Nam Việt →Every word from Vietnamese Việt Nam →