English
Song
Song comes from Mandarin 宋.
- Mandarinmodern宋Sòng
- Englishearliest quotation 2017Song
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Mandarinmodern宋Sòng
- Englishearliest quotation 2017Song
Earliest quotation: 2017, Sabine Peschel, What the Chinese think of German food: “Up until the Song dynasty (960 to 1279 A.D.),…”
Every English word from Mandarin 宋
Another origin of Song
- Khmermodernសុងsong
- EnglishtodaySong
Another origin of Song
- tai-proprehistoric (reconstructed)*soːŋᴬreconstructed
- tai-swe-proprehistoric (reconstructed)*sɔːŋᴬ¹reconstructed
- Thaimodernสองsɔ̌ɔng‘2 (Thai numeral: ๒ (2))’
- EnglishtodaySong
Another origin of Song
- Koreanmodern송(宋)宋
- EnglishtodaySong
Today it means
name A former dynasty in China, reigning from the end of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms to the beginning of the Yuan.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 宋 / Song