Where does “Ten-nét-xi” come from?

Ten-nét-xi (Vietnamese) comes from English Tennessee, from Cherokee ᏔᎾᏏ — river.

Ancestry of “Ten-nét-xi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishTennesseeThe Tennessee warbler, Oreothlypis peregrina
2CherokeeᏔᎾᏏriver
Every word from Cherokee ᏔᎾᏏ →Every word from English Tennessee →