Where does “bắc” come from?

bắc (Tày) comes from Vietnamese Bắc, from Middle Chinese 北.

bắc (Tày): north

Definitions

  1. north

Ancestry of “bắc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseBắcNorth
2Middle Chinese北—
Every word from Middle Chinese 北 →Every word from Vietnamese Bắc →