English
Yunling
Yunling comes from Mandarin 雲嶺.
- Mandarinmodern雲嶺Yúnlǐng
- Englishearliest quotation 1876Yunling
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Mandarinmodern雲嶺Yúnlǐng
- Englishearliest quotation 1876Yunling
Earliest quotation: 1876, A. R. McMahon, The Karens of the Golden Chersonese: “The great Himalayan chain which forms the southern boundary…”
Every English word from Mandarin 雲嶺
Today it means
name A mountain range in Yunnan, in southern China.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 雲嶺 / Yunling