Where does “” come from?

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

Ancestry of “”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetan*kV-r(j)əpto stand

Words derived from “

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-r(j)əp