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Where does “simpung” come from?

simpung (Pohnpeian) comes from Japanese 新聞, from Middle Chinese 新聞.

simpung (Pohnpeian): newspaper

Definitions

  1. newspaper

Ancestry of “simpung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese新聞news; newspaper
2Middle Chinese新聞—
Every word from Middle Chinese 新聞 →