Where does “tiếng Trung” come from?

tiếng Trung (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese trứng, from Chinese 中, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan t/duŋ — navel; centre.

tiếng Trung (Vietnamese): Chinese language

Definitions

  1. Chinese language

Ancestry of “tiếng Trung”, step by step

tiếng Trung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese trứng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetrứngan egg
2Chinese中middle
3Proto-Sino-Tibetant/duŋnavel; centre

via Vietnamese tiếng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetiếngvoice; sound; language
2Middle Chinese聲sound, voice
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan t/duŋ →Every word from Chinese 中 →Every word from Vietnamese trứng →