Where does “thôi nôi” come from?

thôi nôi (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese thối, from Proto-Chamic *ʔadhɛ̃y, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daqih, from Proto-Austronesian daqiS — forehead.

thôi nôi (Vietnamese): a child's first birthday celebration

Definitions

  1. a child's first birthday celebration

Ancestry of “thôi nôi”, step by step

thôi nôi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese thối

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethốirotten; fetid, putrid, stinking, foul-smelling;...
2Proto-Chamic*ʔadhɛ̃yforehead
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandaqihforehead
4Proto-AustronesiandaqiSforehead

via Vietnamese nói

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenóito speak, to talk, to say, to tell
2Chinese內—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian daqiS →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daqih →Every word from Proto-Chamic *ʔadhɛ̃y →