Etymograph

English

Lishui

Lishui comes from Mandarin 麗水.

  1. Mandarinmodern麗水
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1938Lishui

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Mandarinmodern麗水
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1938Lishui

Earliest quotation: 1938, News from China: “In a United Press despatch appearing in the Toronto…”

Today it means

name A prefecture-level city of Zhejiang, China.

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

Etymograph / Mandarin 麗水 / Lishui