Where does “tiếng nói” come from?

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

tiếng nói (Vietnamese): language; speech

Definitions

  1. language; speech

Ancestry of “tiếng nói”, step by step

tiếng nói traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tiếng

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

via Vietnamese nói

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenóito speak, to talk, to say, to tell
2Chinese內—
Every word from Middle Chinese 聲 →Every word from Vietnamese tiếng →
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