Etymograph

English

Tunliu

Tunliu comes from Mandarin 屯留.

  1. Mandarinmodern屯留Túnliú
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1983Tunliu

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Mandarinmodern屯留Túnliú
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1983Tunliu

Earliest quotation: 1983, William H. Hinton, Anatomy of a Frame-up: “Further investigation showed that Ch’en’s wife’s home served as…”

Today it means

name A district of Changzhi, Shanxi, China.

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

Etymograph / Mandarin 屯留 / Tunliu