Where does “” come from?

名 (Chinese) comes from Middle Korean 며ᇰ, from Middle Chinese 名 — name.

Ancestry of “”, step by step

traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Korean 며ᇰ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Korean며ᇰa person's name
2Middle Chinesename

via Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-meŋ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetan*r-meŋname

Words derived from “

Every word from Middle Chinese Every word from Middle Korean 며ᇰ