Where does “tiếng Hoa” come from?

tiếng Hoa (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese hoá, from Chinese 和, from Japanese 和, from Middle Chinese 和.

tiếng Hoa (Vietnamese): the Chinese language of the Hoa people

Definitions

  1. the Chinese language of the Hoa people

Ancestry of “tiếng Hoa”, step by step

tiếng Hoa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese hoá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehoámerchandise, goods; to turn; -ize; -ise
2Chinese和harmonious
3Japanese和peace, harmony, tranquillity, serenity; sum
4Middle Chinese和—

via Vietnamese tiếng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetiếngvoice; sound; language
2Middle Chinese聲sound, voice
Every word from Middle Chinese 和 →Every word from Japanese 和 →Every word from Chinese 和 →