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Where does “倭寇” come from?

倭寇 (Japanese) comes from Chinese 寇, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rkəw.

倭寇 (Japanese): wokou

Definitions

  1. wokou

Ancestry of “倭寇”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese寇bandit, brigand
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*rkəw—
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