Where does “nhà giam” come from?

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

nhà giam (Vietnamese): prison; jail

Definitions

  1. prison; jail

Ancestry of “nhà giam”, step by step

nhà giam 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 giảm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiảmlessen, reduce, decrease
2Proto-Vietic-jəmʔ—
Every word from Proto-Vietic ɲaː →Every word from Vietnamese nhà →