Where does “声を出す” come from?

声を出す (Japanese) comes from Japanese 声, from Middle Chinese 聲 — sound, voice.

声を出す (Japanese): to say, to speak; to vocalize, to vocalise

Definitions

  1. to say, to speak; to vocalize, to vocalise

Ancestry of “声を出す”, step by step

声を出す traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesevoice; voice, speech; tone
2Middle Chinesesound, voice

via Japanese 出す

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese出すto take out, to get out; to put forth; to show or...
2Old Japaneseいたす
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