Etymograph

English

Weifang

Weifang comes from Mandarin 濰坊.

  1. Mandarinmodern濰坊Wéifāng
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1959Weifang

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Mandarinmodern濰坊Wéifāng
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1959Weifang

Earliest quotation: 1959, Ruth Nanda Anshen, The Family: Its Function and Destiny: “The haste with which marriages are contracted by young…”

Today it means

name A prefecture-level city of Shandong, in northeastern China.

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

Etymograph / Mandarin 濰坊 / Weifang