Where does “ひそひそ声” come from?

ひそひそ声 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 声, from Middle Chinese 聲 — sound, voice.

ひそひそ声 (Japanese): very quiet voice

Definitions

  1. very quiet voice

Ancestry of “ひそひそ声”, step by step

ひそひそ声 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 声

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese声voice; voice, speech; tone
2Middle Chinese聲sound, voice

via Japanese ひそひそ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseひそひそin a whisper, in a low voice
Every word from Middle Chinese 聲 →Every word from Japanese 声 →