Where does “京” come from?

京 (Chinese) comes from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-gaŋ — hill, ridge, mountain.

Ancestry of “京”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetans-gaŋhill, ridge, mountain

Words derived from “京”

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