Where does “nhà tranh” come from?

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

nhà tranh (Vietnamese): a thatched cottage

Definitions

  1. a thatched cottage

Ancestry of “nhà tranh”, step by step

nhà tranh 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 tranh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetranhpainting, picture; to compete, to fight for
2Chinese爭—
Every word from Proto-Vietic ɲaː →Every word from Vietnamese nhà →