Where does “nhà kính” come from?

nhà kính (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese kính, from Chinese 京, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-gaŋ — hill, ridge, mountain.

nhà kính (Vietnamese): a greenhouse

Definitions

  1. a greenhouse

Ancestry of “nhà kính”, step by step

nhà kính traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese kính

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekínhglass; eyeglasses; a mirror
2Chinese京—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetans-gaŋhill, ridge, mountain

via Vietnamese nhà

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhàa house; a home; a dwelling; an immediate family;...
2Proto-Vieticɲaːhouse

Words derived from “nhà kính”

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