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...

Definitions

  1. a historical writing system based on Chinese...

Ancestry of “chữ Nôm”, step by step

chữ Nôm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Nôm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseNômwritten in Vietnamese using chữ Nôm
2Old Portuguesenonno, not
3Latinnōnnot
4Old Latinnoenum
5Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single

via Vietnamese chữ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechữalphabet, writing system, script; letter,...
2Proto-Vieticcuːʔgrandchild; father's younger brother
3Proto-Mon-Khmercuuʔgrandchild

Words derived from “chữ Nôm

Every word from Proto-Indo-European óynosEvery word from Old Latin noenumEvery word from Latin nōn
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