Where does “nhà thờ” come from?

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

nhà thờ (Vietnamese): a building dedicated as a place of worship, such...

Definitions

  1. a building dedicated as a place of worship, such...

Ancestry of “nhà thờ”, step by step

nhà thờ 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 thờ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethờto worship
2Middle Chinese事—
Every word from Proto-Vietic ɲaː →Every word from Vietnamese nhà →