Where does “canghfwen” come from?

canghfwen (Zhuang) comes from Zhuang cangh, from Middle Chinese 匠.

canghfwen (Zhuang): folksinger; singer of traditional Zhuang songs

Definitions

  1. folksinger; singer of traditional Zhuang songs

Ancestry of “canghfwen”, step by step

canghfwen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Zhuang cangh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zhuangcanghsomeone in a particular profession
2Middle Chinese

via Zhuang fwen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zhuangfwenfolk song; traditional Zhuang poem-song
Every word from Middle Chinese Every word from Zhuang cangh