Where does “nhà” come from?

nhà (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic ɲaː — house.

nhà (Vietnamese): a house; a home; a dwelling; an immediate family;...

Definitions

  1. a house; a home; a dwelling; an immediate family;...

Ancestry of “nhà”, step by step

nhà traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Vietic ɲaː

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vieticɲaːhouse

via Middle Chinese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese

via Proto-Vietic *s-ɲaːʔ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vietic*s-ɲaːʔ

Words derived from “nhà

Every word from Proto-Vietic ɲaː