Etymograph

English

Jiexiu

Jiexiu comes from Mandarin 介休 ‘Jie's Rest’.

  1. Mandarinmodern介休Jièxiū‘Jie's Rest’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1987Jiexiu

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Mandarinmodern介休Jièxiū‘Jie's Rest’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1987Jiexiu

Earliest quotation: 1987, Wolfgang Bartke, Hou Wailu (侯外庐): “Hou was born in 1896 in Jiexiu County, Shanxi…”

The story

Supposedly named by Ji Chong'er, the Wen Duke of Jin, in his remorse for having killed his loyal subject Jie Zhitui and Jie's mother with an intentional forest fire in the region.

Every English word from Mandarin 介休

Today it means

name A county-level city of Jinzhong, central Shanxi, China.

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

Etymograph / Mandarin 介休 / Jiexiu

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