Where does “китаеведение” come from?

китаеведение (Russian) comes from Russian Кита́й, from Old East Slavic Китаи, from Old Turkic 𐰶𐰃𐱃𐰪, from Khitan 𘱿𘲫.

китаеведение (Russian): Sinology, Chinese studies

Definitions

  1. Sinology, Chinese studies

Ancestry of “китаеведение”, step by step

китаеведение traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian Кита́й

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianКита́йChina
2Old East SlavicКитаиQara Khitai people
3Old Turkic𐰶𐰃𐱃𐰪Khitans
4Khitan𘱿𘲫—

via Russian ве́дение

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianве́дениеknowledge, lore
2Russianвести́to conduct, direct; to lead
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwedʰ-to bind, to secure; to pledge, to guarantee; to...
Every word from Khitan 𘱿𘲫 →Every word from Old Turkic 𐰶𐰃𐱃𐰪 →Every word from Old East Slavic Китаи →