Where does “lời nói” come from?

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

lời nói (Vietnamese): (one's) word; speech

Definitions

  1. (one's) word; speech

Ancestry of “lời nói”, step by step

lời 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 lời

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselờiword; utterances; words; lyrics; a verse
2Middle Chinese利—
Every word from Chinese 內 →Every word from Vietnamese nói →