Where does “nhà Nguyên” come from?

nhà Nguyên (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Nguyên, from Chinese Mandarin 元, from Chinese Mandarin 圓.

nhà Nguyên (Vietnamese): the Yuan dynasty

Definitions

  1. the Yuan dynasty

Ancestry of “nhà Nguyên”, step by step

nhà Nguyên traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Nguyên

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseNguyênYuan, a Mongolian dynasty
2Chinese Mandarin元—
3Chinese Mandarin圓—

via Vietnamese nhà

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhàa house; a home; a dwelling; an immediate family;...
2Proto-Vieticɲaːhouse
Every word from Chinese Mandarin 圓 →Every word from Chinese Mandarin 元 →Every word from Vietnamese Nguyên →