Where does “金步搖” come from?

金步搖 (Chinese) comes from Chinese 金, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan gǝ̆m — metal.

金步搖 (Chinese): a type of head ornament that was inserted just beneath a hair bun, it had gold and pearls which dangled from it as one walked

Definitions

  1. a type of head ornament that was inserted just beneath a hair bun, it had gold and pearls which dangled from it as one walked

Ancestry of “金步搖”, step by step

金步搖 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 金

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese金gold; "orig." gold, golden
2Proto-Sino-Tibetangǝ̆mmetal

via Chinese 搖

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese搖—

via Chinese 步

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese步step
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan gǝ̆m →Every word from Chinese 金 →
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