English
Ku-shih
Ku-shih comes from Mandarin 固始.
- Mandarinmodern固始Gùshǐ
- Englishearliest quotation 1951Ku-shih
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Mandarinmodern固始Gùshǐ
- Englishearliest quotation 1951Ku-shih
Earliest quotation: 1951, Wang Yü-ch’üan, Money Before Coinage — Cowries and their Imitations: “The provenance of ant nose money is widely spread.…”
Every English word from Mandarin 固始
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 固始 / Ku-shih