Where does “nhà thơ” come from?

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

nhà thơ (Vietnamese): a poet

Definitions

  1. a poet

Ancestry of “nhà thơ”, step by step

nhà thơ 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 thơ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethơyoung, tender; poetry; a poem
2Middle Chinese詩—
Every word from Proto-Vietic ɲaː →Every word from Vietnamese nhà →