English
Tangut
Tangut comes from Old Turkic 𐱃𐰭𐰆𐱃.
- Old Turkicmodern𐱃𐰭𐰆𐱃t¹ŋwt¹
- Englishearliest quotation 2007Tangut
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Turkicmodern𐱃𐰭𐰆𐱃t¹ŋwt¹
- Englishearliest quotation 2007Tangut
Earliest quotation: 2007, Thomas Laird, The Story of Tibet: Conversations with the Dalai Lama: “In 1227, from his deathbed, as his armies lay…”
The story
The designation ultimately derives from Old Turkic 𐱃𐰭𐰆𐱃 (t¹ŋwt¹) as attested in the 8th-century Bilgä Qaǧan stele. The English word, and similar forms in European languages, derives from Medieval Latin Tangut (*Tangunt in the Leiden manuscript) from the accounts of William of Rubruck compiled in the 1250s. The English form was attested in the writings of Richard Hakluyt who translated parts of William's accounts in the late 16th century.
Every English word from Old Turkic 𐱃𐰭𐰆𐱃
Today it means
noun A Qiangic people of mediaeval northern China.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Turkic 𐱃𐰭𐰆𐱃 / Tangut