Where does “nhà Minh” come from?

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

nhà Minh (Vietnamese): the Ming dynasty

Definitions

  1. the Ming dynasty

Ancestry of “nhà Minh”, step by step

nhà Minh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese nhà

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhàa house; a home; a dwelling; an immediate family;...
2Proto-Vieticɲaːhouse

via Vietnamese mình

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemìnha torso; a body; I/me, someone of roughly your...
2Middle Vietnamesemềnh—
Every word from Proto-Vietic ɲaː →