Etymograph

English

Keshan

Keshan comes from Mandarin 克山.

  1. Mandarinmodern克山Kèshān
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1994Keshan

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Mandarinmodern克山Kèshān
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1994Keshan

Earliest quotation: 1994, John M. C. Gutteridge, Antioxidant vitamins and nutrients: “Keshan disease is a degenerative disease, particularly affecting the…”

Today it means

name A county of Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, China.

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

Etymograph / Mandarin 克山 / Keshan