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Where does “位” come from?

位 (Chinese) comes from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-r(j)əp.

Ancestry of “位”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetan*kV-r(j)əp—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-r(j)əp →