Etymology

Sushen

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Today it means: An ancient ethnic group of people who lived in the northeastern part of China during the Zhou dynasty. Full definition →

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The story

From Mandarin 肅慎/肃慎 (Sùshèn) which ultimately came from Old Chinese 肅慎 (OC *sɯwɢ djins).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.