Where does “Yunnanese” come from?

Yunnanese (English) comes from English ese, from Mexican Spanish ese, from Latin ipse, from Proto-Italic *e(s)peso — himself, herself, itself.

Yunnanese (English): Of or pertaining to the Chinese province of...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to the Chinese province of...

Ancestry of “Yunnanese”, step by step

Yunnanese traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishesedude, man
2Mexican SpanisheseThe name of the Latin-script letter S; that;...
3Latinipsehimself, herself, itself, the very, the actual;...
4Proto-Italic*e(s)pesohimself, herself, itself

via English Yunnan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishYunnan—
2Mandarin雲南—
Every word from Proto-Italic *e(s)peso →Every word from Latin ipse →Every word from Mexican Spanish ese →