Etymograph

English

mandu

Mandu comes from Korean 만두(饅頭), and goes back to Chinese 饅頭.

  1. Chinesemodern饅頭mántou
  2. Koreanmodern만두(饅頭)饅頭
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2012mandu

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Chinesemodern饅頭mántou
  2. Koreanmodern만두(饅頭)饅頭
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2012mandu

Earliest quotation: 2012, Matthew Waterhouse, Man exists not on bread alone: Every day’s a feast in the Ea: “Mandu are the traditional fast food of the region…”

Linked words

through Chinese 饅頭

manju

Today it means

noun A dumpling in Korean cuisine.

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

Etymograph / Chinese 饅頭 / mandu

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