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Where does “ᦷᦏᧈᦡᦲᧃ” come from?

ᦷᦏᧈᦡᦲᧃ (Lü) comes from Lü ᦷᦏᧈ, from Proto-Southwestern Tai *tʰuəᴮ¹, from Middle Chinese 豆 — bean.

ᦷᦏᧈᦡᦲᧃ (Lü): peanut

Definitions

  1. peanut

Ancestry of “ᦷᦏᧈᦡᦲᧃ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lüᦷᦏᧈbean
2Proto-Southwestern Tai*tʰuəᴮ¹—
3Middle Chinese豆bean
Every word from Middle Chinese 豆 →