Where does “ngày xưa” come from?

ngày xưa (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese ngày, from Proto-Vietic t-ŋarʔ — to snore.

ngày xưa (Vietnamese): {{l|en|time immemorial; in ancient times; in...

Definitions

  1. {{l|en|time immemorial; in ancient times; in...

Ancestry of “ngày xưa”, step by step

ngày xưa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese ngày

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengàyday; date; daytime
2Proto-Vietict-ŋarʔto snore

via Vietnamese xưa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesexưaold; ancient; a long time ago; old times
2Chinese初—

Words derived from “ngày xưa”

Every word from Proto-Vietic t-ŋarʔ →Every word from Vietnamese ngày →