Where does “cien” come from?

cien (Zhuang) comes from Middle Chinese 千, from Old Chinese 千.

cien (Zhuang): thousand

Definitions

  1. thousand

Ancestry of “cien”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese千—
2Old Chinese千—
Every word from Old Chinese 千 →Every word from Middle Chinese 千 →