Where does “pékin” come from?

pékin (French) comes from Chinese Mandarin 北京, from Chinese Mandarin 京, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-gaŋ — hill, ridge, mountain.

pékin (French): Pekin

Definitions

  1. Pekin

Ancestry of “pékin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese Mandarin北京—
2Chinese Mandarin京—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetans-gaŋhill, ridge, mountain

Words derived from “pékin”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-gaŋ →Every word from Chinese Mandarin 京 →Every word from Chinese Mandarin 北京 →