Where does “tiếng Việt” come from?

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

tiếng Việt (Vietnamese): the Vietnamese language

Definitions

  1. the Vietnamese language

Ancestry of “tiếng Việt”, step by step

tiếng Việt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tiếng

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

via Vietnamese việt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseviệt—
2Middle Chinese越—
Every word from Middle Chinese 聲 →Every word from Vietnamese tiếng →