Where does “nhà lầu” come from?

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

nhà lầu (Vietnamese): multi-storey

Definitions

  1. multi-storey

Ancestry of “nhà lầu”, step by step

nhà lầu 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 lâu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselâulong
2Proto-Mon-Khmerləwʔ—
Every word from Proto-Vietic ɲaː →Every word from Vietnamese nhà →
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