Where does “短” come from?

短 (Chinese) comes from Proto-Sino-Tibetan t(j)u(ŋ/n) — short.

短 (Chinese): short

Definitions

  1. short

Ancestry of “短”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetant(j)u(ŋ/n)short
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