Where does “nẻo đường” come from?

nẻo đường (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Đường, from Proto-Southwestern Tai daːŋᴬ², from Middle Chinese 唐.

nẻo đường (Vietnamese): path; way metaphorical course

Definitions

  1. path; way metaphorical course

Ancestry of “nẻo đường”, step by step

nẻo đường traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Đường

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseĐườngrelated to Tang
2Proto-Southwestern Taidaːŋᴬ²road; way
3Middle Chinese唐—

via Vietnamese neo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseneoanchor
2Proto-Vietictʃ-rn-ɛːw—
Every word from Middle Chinese 唐 →Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai daːŋᴬ² →Every word from Vietnamese Đường →