Where does “nửa đêm” come from?

nửa đêm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đêm, from Proto-Vietic teːm — night.

nửa đêm (Vietnamese): midnight

Definitions

  1. midnight

Ancestry of “nửa đêm”, step by step

nửa đêm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đêm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđêmnight; nighttime
2Proto-Vieticteːmnight

via Vietnamese nửa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenửahalf; half; semi-
2Proto-Mon-Khmern(ɗ)aah—
Every word from Proto-Vietic teːm →Every word from Vietnamese đêm →