Where does “Nê-va-đa” come from?

Nê-va-đa (Vietnamese) comes from English Nevada, from Spanish Nevada, from Latin nivatus, from Latin nix, from Proto-Italic sniks, from Proto-Indo-European snígʷʰs — snow.

Ancestry of “Nê-va-đa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNevadaSeveral other locations in the United States
2SpanishNevadasnowfall
3Latinnivatussnowy, besnowed
4Latinnixsnow; white hair
5Proto-Italicsnikssnow
6Proto-Indo-Europeansnígʷʰssnow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European snígʷʰs →