English
TDK
TDK comes from Japanese TDK.
- JapanesemodernTDK
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- JapanesemodernTDK
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Japanese TDK
Another origin of TDK
- Hokkienmodern大陸仔tāi-lio̍k-á‘mainlander’
- EnglishtodayTDK
Initialism of Philippine Hokkien 大陸仔 /大陆仔 (tāi-lio̍k-á, “mainlander”), which is often perceived as "Tai Diok Ka" or "Tai Diok A", due to /l~d/ allophony usually preceding an /i/ vowel and the concept of forming initialisms from the consonant-sounding phonemes that syllables seemingly sound like they start with due to syllable assimilation in Hokkien.
Today it means
name A Japanese multinational electronics manufacturing company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Japanese TDK / TDK