Etymology

wang

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Proto-Germanic *wangaz
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wang · noun, verb1

Onomatopoeic.

wang · noun2

Uncertain. Perhaps short for whangdoodle (“gadget, doodad”), or from whang, a dialectal form of thong (“strip of leather”). Compare wong.

Wang · proper noun3

From various romanizations of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 王 (Wáng) or 汪 (Wāng). Doublet of Wong, Heng, Ong, and Vuong. As a Korean surname, from 왕 (wang), from the above.

Wang · proper noun4

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*wangaz“field, meadow”
  2. English todayWang

As a Danish surname, from Vang. As a German and Dutch surname, from wang (“cheek”) and obsolete derivatives of Proto-Germanic *wangaz (“field, meadow”). As a Jewish surname, from the German sense, and also a nickname for someone from Hungary (compare Russian Венгрия (Vengrija)). As a North Germanic surname, spelling variant of Vang.

Wang · proper noun5

  1. mni · borrowed fromꯋꯥꯡ
  2. mni · borrowed fromꯋꯥꯡ
  3. English todayWang

Borrowed from Manipuri ꯋꯥꯡ (wāng).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*wangaz all →

wong

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