Etymograph

English

Gnihing

Gnihing comes from Chinese 宜興.

  1. Chinesemodern宜興Yíxīng
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1746Gnihing

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Chinesemodern宜興Yíxīng
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1746Gnihing

Earliest quotation: 1746, Simon Pauli, A Treatise on Tobacco: “But, leſt theſe Reaſons ſhould be eſteemed conjectural, I…”

Today it means

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Etymograph / Chinese 宜興 / Gnihing