Where does “cất tiếng” come from?

cất tiếng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tiếng, from Middle Chinese 聲 — sound, voice.

cất tiếng (Vietnamese): to raise one's voice; lift one's voice

Definitions

  1. to raise one's voice; lift one's voice

Ancestry of “cất tiếng”, step by step

cất tiếng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tiếng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetiếngvoice; sound; language
2Middle Chinese聲sound, voice

via Vietnamese cất

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecấtto lift, to raise
Every word from Middle Chinese 聲 →Every word from Vietnamese tiếng →