Where does “vô thanh” come from?

vô thanh (Vietnamese) comes from Chinese 無, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma — no, not, negative, not have, none.

vô thanh (Vietnamese): voiceless

Definitions

  1. voiceless

Ancestry of “vô thanh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese無not
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanmano, not, negative, not have, none
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma →Every word from Chinese 無 →
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