Where does “nhà quê” come from?

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

nhà quê (Vietnamese): country; countryside

Definitions

  1. country; countryside

Ancestry of “nhà quê”, step by step

nhà quê 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 quê

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesequêcountryside; the country, rural area; a...
2Chinese桂—

Words derived from “nhà quê”

Every word from Proto-Vietic ɲaː →Every word from Vietnamese nhà →