Where does “ngân hàng” come from?

ngân hàng (Vietnamese) comes from Japanese 銀行, from Japanese 銀, from Middle Chinese 銀, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ŋul ~ (d-)ŋur — silver.

ngân hàng (Vietnamese): bank

Definitions

  1. bank

Ancestry of “ngân hàng”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese銀行a bank
2Japanese銀silver
3Middle Chinese銀—
4Proto-Sino-Tibetanŋul ~ (d-)ŋursilver

Words derived from “ngân hàng”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ŋul ~ (d-)ŋur →Every word from Middle Chinese 銀 →Every word from Japanese 銀 →