Where does “nhà tù” come from?

nhà tù (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese từ, from Chinese 字, from Chinese 母, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *məʔ — mother.

nhà tù (Vietnamese): prison

Definitions

  1. prison

Ancestry of “nhà tù”, step by step

nhà tù traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese từ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetừfrom, since; at, in; word
2Chinese字—
3Chinese母—
4Proto-Sino-Tibetan*məʔmother

via Vietnamese nhà

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhàa house; a home; a dwelling; an immediate family;...
2Proto-Vieticɲaːhouse
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *məʔ →Every word from Chinese 母 →Every word from Chinese 字 →
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