Where does “tên Nôm” come from?

tên Nôm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Nôm, from Old Portuguese non, from Latin nōn, from Old Latin noenum, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.

tên Nôm (Vietnamese): a demotic name, used by the locals to colloquially refer to a place name, as opposed to tên chữ

Definitions

  1. a demotic name, used by the locals to colloquially refer to a place name, as opposed to tên chữ

Ancestry of “tên Nôm”, step by step

tên Nôm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Nôm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseNômwritten in Vietnamese using chữ Nôm
2Old Portuguesenonno, not
3Latinnōnnot
4Old Latinnoenum—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single

via Vietnamese tên

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetêngiven name; name; person
2Proto-Slavic*tъ—
3Proto-Balto-Slavictasthat
4Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that
Every word from Proto-Indo-European óynos →Every word from Old Latin noenum →Every word from Latin nōn →