Where does “wantan” come from?

wantan (Malay) comes from Cantonese 雲吞.

wantan (Malay): wantan: a Chinese dumpling, often stuffed with varieties of meat or seafood and vegetables

Definitions

  1. wantan: a Chinese dumpling, often stuffed with varieties of meat or seafood and vegetables

Ancestry of “wantan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cantonese雲吞
Every word from Cantonese 雲吞