| ▲ | singularity2001 4 days ago | |||||||||||||
Old Chinese reconstructions drive me crazy, or the fact that some scholars insist these are 99% correct instead of 'best guesses' | ||||||||||||||
| ▲ | earthboundkid 4 days ago | parent [-] | |||||||||||||
They are pretty well founded. You can read old rhyme dictionaries and see how the words evolved eg when borrowed by Japan at one time and then when borrowed again a couple of hundred years later. We can’t ever know 100% but it’s not idle speculation either. | ||||||||||||||
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