Where does “bouxnanhmingh” come from?

bouxnanhmingh (Zhuang) comes from Vietnamese nanh, from Proto-Vietic k-nɛːŋ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer gnaiŋ.

bouxnanhmingh (Zhuang): refugee

Definitions

  1. refugee

Ancestry of “bouxnanhmingh”, step by step

bouxnanhmingh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese nanh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenanheye tooth, fang; tusk
2Proto-Vietick-nɛːŋ—
3Proto-Mon-Khmergnaiŋ—

via Zhuang mingh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zhuangmingh—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer gnaiŋ →Every word from Proto-Vietic k-nɛːŋ →Every word from Vietnamese nanh →