Etymology

Hsiung-nu

Mandarin 匈奴
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The story

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from匈奴
  2. English todayHsiung-nu

From Mandarin 匈奴 (Xiōngnú), Wade–Giles romanization: Hsiung¹-nu².

Words from the same roots

Mandarin匈奴 all →

Xiongnu

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.