Where does “Yu” come from?

Yu (English) comes from Chinese 玉 — jade, jewel.

Yu (English): An ancient Chinese wine-bucket, often having a decorative cover

Definitions

  1. An ancient Chinese wine-bucket, often having a decorative cover

Ancestry of “Yu”, step by step

Yu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinesejade, jewel

via Russian ю

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianюsouth
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