Where does “ᠪᡳᡨᡥᡝᠰᡳ” come from?

ᠪᡳᡨᡥᡝᠰᡳ (Manchu) comes from Manchu ᠪᡳᡨᡥᡝ, from Jurchen 𘭃𘱚, from Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏, from Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰃, from Proto-Turkic *biti-, from Middle Chinese 筆.

ᠪᡳᡨᡥᡝᠰᡳ (Manchu): scribe during the Qing Dynasty

Definitions

  1. scribe during the Qing Dynasty

Ancestry of “ᠪᡳᡨᡥᡝᠰᡳ”, step by step

ᠪᡳᡨᡥᡝᠰᡳ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Manchu ᠪᡳᡨᡥᡝ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Manchuᠪᡳᡨᡥᡝwriting system; text
2Jurchen𘭃𘱚
3Old Turkic𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏inscription; book
4Old Turkic𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰃to write; to inscribe
5Proto-Turkic*biti-to write, to inscribe
6Middle Chinese

via Manchu ᠊ᠰᡳ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Manchu᠊ᠰᡳUsed to form nouns both from verbs and nouns, designating people according to their skills, occupations, ranks, trades, and business
Every word from Middle Chinese Every word from Proto-Turkic *biti-Every word from Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰃