Where does “ni” come from?

ni (Vietnamese) comes from Chinese 你, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan na-ŋ — you.

ni (Vietnamese): this; here

Definitions

  1. this; here

Ancestry of “ni”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese你—
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanna-ŋyou
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan na-ŋ →Every word from Chinese 你 →