Where does “nàn xa” come from?

nàn xa (Tày) comes from Tày nàn, from Proto-Tai naːnᴬ — slow.

nàn xa (Tày): hard to find; rare

Definitions

  1. hard to find; rare

Ancestry of “nàn xa”, step by step

nàn xa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tày nàn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tàynànslow; late; long
2Proto-Tainaːnᴬslow

via Tày xa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tàyxato search, look for
2Proto-Taikraᴬto seek
Every word from Proto-Tai naːnᴬ →Every word from Tày nàn →