Where does “nhà Nguyễn” come from?

nhà Nguyễn (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Nguyễn, from Chinese 阮, from Chinese 我儂 — I; me; we; us.

nhà Nguyễn (Vietnamese): the Nguyễn dynasty

Definitions

  1. the Nguyễn dynasty

Ancestry of “nhà Nguyễn”, step by step

nhà Nguyễn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Nguyễn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseNguyễn—
2Chinese阮—
3Chinese我儂I; me; we; us

via Vietnamese nhà

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhàa house; a home; a dwelling; an immediate family;...
2Proto-Vieticɲaːhouse
Every word from Chinese 我儂 →Every word from Chinese 阮 →Every word from Vietnamese Nguyễn →