Where does “trí nhớ” come from?

trí nhớ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese trí, from Chinese 智 — wisdom.

trí nhớ (Vietnamese): memory

Definitions

  1. memory

Ancestry of “trí nhớ”, step by step

trí nhớ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese trí

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetrímind; clever
2Chinese智wisdom

via Vietnamese nhỏ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhỏsmall; little; child; girl
2Proto-Vietick-ɲǝːʔto remember
Every word from Chinese 智 →Every word from Vietnamese trí →