Etymograph

English

Haidao

Haidao comes from Mandarin 海島.

  1. Mandarinmodern海島Hǎidǎoliterally ‘islands in the sea’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1996Haidao

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Mandarinmodern海島Hǎidǎoliterally ‘islands in the sea’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1996Haidao

Earliest quotation: 1996, Summary of World Broadcasts: Asia, Pacific: “In particular, one incident occurred at around 1100 (local…”

Today it means

name An insular township of Xiapu, Ningde, Fujian, China.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Mandarin 海島 / Haidao