Where does “nhà giả kim” come from?

nhà giả kim (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese thuật giả kim, from Vietnamese kìm, from Chinese 金, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan gǝ̆m — metal.

nhà giả kim (Vietnamese): an alchemist

Definitions

  1. an alchemist

Ancestry of “nhà giả kim”, step by step

nhà giả kim traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese thuật giả kim

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethuật giả kimalchemy
2Vietnamesekìmpincers, clamp
3Chinese金gold; "orig." gold, golden
4Proto-Sino-Tibetangǝ̆mmetal

via Vietnamese nhà

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhàa house; a home; a dwelling; an immediate family;...
2Proto-Vieticɲaːhouse
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan gǝ̆m →Every word from Chinese 金 →Every word from Vietnamese kìm →