Where does “nhà bếp” come from?

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

nhà bếp (Vietnamese): kitchen

Definitions

  1. kitchen

Ancestry of “nhà bếp”, step by step

nhà bếp 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 bếp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebếpstove, cooker; kitchen
Every word from Proto-Vietic ɲaː →Every word from Vietnamese nhà →