Where does “nạn” come from?

nạn (Vietnamese) comes from Chinese 難, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan na-n/t — ill, pain, difficult, evil spirit; sick; ill;...

nạn (Vietnamese): accident, danger, calamity, disaster,...

Definitions

  1. accident, danger, calamity, disaster,...

Ancestry of “nạn”, step by step

nạn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 難

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese難bad, unpleasant
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanna-n/till, pain, difficult, evil spirit; sick; ill;...

via Proto-Vietic taːɲ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vietictaːɲto weave
2Proto-Mon-Khmert₁aaɲto weave, plait, twill

Words derived from “nạn”

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