Where does “kiang” come from?

kiang (English) comes from English Jiang, from Chinese 姜.

kiang (English): A large wild ass, "Equus kiang", native to the...

Definitions

  1. A large wild ass, "Equus kiang", native to the...

Ancestry of “kiang”, step by step

kiang traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English Jiang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishJiang—
2Chinese姜—

via Tibetan རྐྱང

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanརྐྱངkiang, Tibetan wild ass

via Chinese Mandarin 江

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese Mandarin江—
Every word from Chinese 姜 →Every word from English Jiang →