Where does “nhà khách” come from?

nhà khách (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese khách, from Proto-Vietic *k-rac, from Old Chinese 鐵.

nhà khách (Vietnamese): guesthouse

Definitions

  1. guesthouse

Ancestry of “nhà khách”, step by step

nhà khách traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese khách

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekháchvisitor, guest; customer; passenger
2Proto-Vietic*k-rac—
3Old Chinese鐵—

via Vietnamese nhà

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhàa house; a home; a dwelling; an immediate family;...
2Proto-Vieticɲaːhouse
Every word from Old Chinese 鐵 →Every word from Proto-Vietic *k-rac →Every word from Vietnamese khách →