Where does “tiếng Tây Ban Nha” come from?

tiếng Tây Ban Nha (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Tây Ban Nha, from Chinese Mandarin 西班牙, from Latin Hispānia, from Punic אי שפן — coast of hyraxes.

tiếng Tây Ban Nha (Vietnamese): Spanish language

Definitions

  1. Spanish language

Ancestry of “tiếng Tây Ban Nha”, step by step

tiếng Tây Ban Nha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Tây Ban Nha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseTây Ban NhaSpanish
2Chinese Mandarin西班牙—
3LatinHispānia—
4Punicאי שפןcoast of hyraxes

via Vietnamese tiếng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetiếngvoice; sound; language
2Middle Chinese聲sound, voice
Every word from Punic אי שפן →Every word from Latin Hispānia →Every word from Chinese Mandarin 西班牙 →