Where does “hiện nay” come from?

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

hiện nay (Vietnamese): now, presently, nowadays

Definitions

  1. now, presently, nowadays

Ancestry of “hiện nay”, step by step

hiện nay traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese này

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

via Vietnamese hiện

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehiệnrise, appear, come into sight
2Chinese現—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer niʔ →Every word from Proto-Vietic -niː →Every word from Vietnamese này →