Where does “” come from?

年 (Chinese) comes from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ni(ŋ~k) — year.

(Chinese): year

Definitions

  1. year

Ancestry of “”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetan*s-ni(ŋ~k)year

Words derived from “

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ni(ŋ~k)
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