Where does โ๐ญ๐ฑโ come from?
๐ญ๐ฑ (Jurchen) comes from Old Turkic ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ฐ, from Old Turkic ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ฐ, from Proto-Turkic *biti-, from Middle Chinese ็ญ.
Ancestry of โ๐ญ๐ฑโ, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Turkic | ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ฐ | inscription; book |
| 2 | Old Turkic | ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ฐ | to write; to inscribe |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *biti- | to write, to inscribe |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | ็ญ | โ |