Where does “diet” come from?

diet (Zhuang) comes from Chinese 鐵, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan hljak — iron, iron instrument.

diet (Zhuang): iron

Definitions

  1. iron

Ancestry of “diet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese鐵—
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanhljakiron, iron instrument

Words derived from “diet”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan hljak →Every word from Chinese 鐵 →