Where does “ngọn nguồn” come from?

ngọn nguồn (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese nguồn, from Chinese 源.

ngọn nguồn (Vietnamese): source (of a river)

Definitions

  1. source (of a river)

Ancestry of “ngọn nguồn”, step by step

ngọn nguồn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese nguồn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenguồnsource; spring
2Chinese源—

via Vietnamese ngón

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengóna digit
2Proto-Vieticŋɔːnʔtip; end
Every word from Chinese 源 →Every word from Vietnamese nguồn →