Where does “nước Mĩ” come from?

nước Mĩ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mì, from Italian mi, from Latin mihi, from Latin egō, from Proto-Italic egō, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

nước Mĩ (Vietnamese): United States

Definitions

  1. United States

Ancestry of “nước Mĩ”, step by step

nước Mĩ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mì

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnamesemìShort for mì ăn liền; instant noodles cooked...
2Italianmime; The third note, mi; E
3Latinmihidative of ego, indirect object form; me; to me
4LatinegōI; first person singular personal pronoun, nominative case
5Proto-ItalicegōI
6Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

via Vietnamese nước

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenướcwater; liquid; fluid; the liquid part of a broth
2Proto-Vieticɗaːkwater, liquid
3Proto-Mon-Khmerɗaakwater; liquid; The sense of "river, stream" that...

Words derived from “nước Mĩ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic egō →Every word from Latin egō →