Where does “hôm nay” come from?

hôm nay (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese này, from Proto-Vietic -niː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer niʔ.

hôm nay (Vietnamese): today

Definitions

  1. today

Ancestry of “hôm nay”, step by step

hôm nay traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese này

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenàythis; here
2Proto-Vietic-niː—
3Proto-Mon-Khmerniʔ—

via Vietnamese hôm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehômday; evening; afternoon

Words derived from “hôm nay”

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer niʔ →Every word from Proto-Vietic -niː →Every word from Vietnamese này →