Where does “dây nói” come from?

dây nói (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese nói, from Chinese 內.

dây nói (Vietnamese): telephone

Definitions

  1. telephone

Ancestry of “dây nói”, step by step

dây nói traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese nói

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenóito speak, to talk, to say, to tell
2Chinese內—

via Vietnamese dây

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesedâyrope; cord; wire; string

Words derived from “dây nói”

Every word from Chinese 內 →Every word from Vietnamese nói →