Where does “nhà sư” come from?

nhà sư (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese sự, from Chinese 瓷.

nhà sư (Vietnamese): monk; bonze

Definitions

  1. monk; bonze

Ancestry of “nhà sư”, step by step

nhà sư traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese sự

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesựdeed, act, occurrence
2Chinese瓷—

via Vietnamese nhà

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhàa house; a home; a dwelling; an immediate family;...
2Proto-Vieticɲaːhouse
Every word from Chinese 瓷 →Every word from Vietnamese sự →