Where does “nhà xác” come from?

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

nhà xác (Vietnamese): morgue

Definitions

  1. morgue

Ancestry of “nhà xác”, step by step

nhà xác 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 xác

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesexáccorpse; body
2Middle Vietnamesexác—
Every word from Proto-Vietic ɲaː →Every word from Vietnamese nhà →