Where does “Yi” come from?
Yi comes from Mandarin 彝, a Chinese character whose original meaning and etymology remain uncertain.
Yi (English): An ethnic group who live primarily in mountainous...
Definitions
- An ethnic group who live primarily in mountainous...
Ancestry of “Yi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Korean | 이 | this; this, this thing, this person; here |
| 2 | English | E | The ordinal number fifth, derived from this... |
| 3 | Old English | E | — |
| 4 | Latin | E | — |
| 5 | Etruscan | 𐌄 | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ε | — |
| 7 | Phoenician | 𐤄 | that |
| 8 | Egyptian | 𓀠 | — |