Where does “pekinganka” come from?

pekinganka (Swedish) comes from Swedish Peking, from Chinese Mandarin 北京, from Chinese Mandarin 京, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-gaŋ — hill, ridge, mountain.

pekinganka (Swedish): Pekin duck; Peking duck

Definitions

  1. Pekin duck; Peking duck

Ancestry of “pekinganka”, step by step

pekinganka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish Peking

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SwedishPekinga nickname for the city of Norrköping
2Chinese Mandarin北京—
3Chinese Mandarin京—
4Proto-Sino-Tibetans-gaŋhill, ridge, mountain

via Swedish änka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishänkaa widow
2Old Swedishænkiawidow
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-gaŋ →Every word from Chinese Mandarin 京 →Every word from Chinese Mandarin 北京 →
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