Where does “tiếng Hàn” come from?

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

tiếng Hàn (Vietnamese): Korean language

Definitions

  1. Korean language

Ancestry of “tiếng Hàn”, step by step

tiếng Hàn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tiếng

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

via Vietnamese hạn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehạndrought; dryness; misfortune; bad luck; unlucky
2Chinese恨—
Every word from Middle Chinese 聲 →Every word from Vietnamese tiếng →