Where does “chữ Nôm” come from?
chữ Nôm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Nôm, from Old Portuguese non, from Latin nōn, from Old Latin noenum, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.
chữ Nôm (Vietnamese): a historical writing system based on Chinese...
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Ancestry of “chữ Nôm”, step by step
chữ Nôm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.