Where does “tiếng Việt Nam” come from?

tiếng Việt Nam (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Việt Nam, from Vietnamese Nam Việt, from Middle Chinese 南.

tiếng Việt Nam (Vietnamese): Vietnamese language

Definitions

  1. Vietnamese language

Ancestry of “tiếng Việt Nam”, step by step

tiếng Việt Nam traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Việt Nam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseViệt NamVietnamese
2VietnameseNam ViệtNanyue
3Middle Chinese南—

via Vietnamese tiếng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetiếngvoice; sound; language
2Middle Chinese聲sound, voice
Every word from Middle Chinese 南 →Every word from Vietnamese Nam Việt →Every word from Vietnamese Việt Nam →