Where does “蘇木” come from?
蘇木 (Chinese) comes from Mongolian ᠰᠤᠮᠤ, from Manchu ᠨᡳᡵᡠ, from Proto-Mongolic sumun, from Latin summum, from Latin summus, from Proto-Italic supemos, from Proto-Indo-European (s)úp-m̥mo-s, from Proto-Indo-European upó.
蘇木 (Chinese): Short for 蘇枋木／苏枋木; sum
Ancestry of “蘇木”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Mongolian | ᠰᠤᠮᠤ | arrow, projectile, bullet; district |
| 2 | Manchu | ᠨᡳᡵᡠ | a big arrow; a basic unit of a banner army |
| 3 | Proto-Mongolic | sumun | arrow |
| 4 | Latin | summum | top; summit; nominative neuter singular of summus |
| 5 | Latin | summus | highest, greatest, the most high; top, on top |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | supemos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)úp-m̥mo-s | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |