User:Frigoris/Modern Germanic Place Names

Inspired by User:Rua/Modern Germanic

  • Anyang
*Rīkiją n - semantic loan from (OC *qɯn, “rich”)
  • Beijing
*Nurþraluftuz m - calque from (OC *pɯːɡ, “north”) + (OC *kraŋ, “tall building; high place; important metropolis”)
  • Chengdu
*Dengatō f - from unknown historical language via Old Chinese 成都 (OC *djeŋ taː)
  • Dunhuang
*Þrowānō f - from Ancient Greek Θροάνα (Throána), from Sogdian 𐼌𐼘𐼇𐼀𐼀𐼏 (δrwʾʾn /⁠*θurwān, θruwān⁠/)
  • Guangzhou
*Kantūną n - phono-semantic matching; Cf. Portuguese Cantão, English Canton, Cantonese 廣東广东 (gwong2 dung1), confused with French canton, from Latin canthus.
  • Luoyang
*Hrākaburgz f - partial calque from (OC *ɡ·raːɡ) + (OC *qrɯb, “borough”)
*Tiwaframīniz f - partial calque from (OC *djeŋ, “to accomplish; to frame”) + (OC *tjɯw)
Resemblance with Proto-Germanic *Tīwaz is purely coincidental.
  • Nanjing
*Gulþinômundôz f pl - calque from 金陵 (MC kim ling, “golden mounds”)
*Burdąbōþō f - calque from 建業 (MC kjonH ngjaep, “establishing; foundation”)
  • Quanzhou
*Olīvōfurduz m - from Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn, olive) via Latin calque *Olīvaportus; cf. English Zayton.
  • Qufu
*Krōkahulliz m - phono-semantic matching and calque: (OC *kʰ(r)ok, “bending; crooked”) + (OC *buʔ, “hill”)
  • Shanghai
*Warjanhabnō f - calque from (OC *ɡʷaːʔ, “weir”)
  • Xiamen
*Haimatją n - phono-semantic matching of Hokkien Min Nan 廈門厦门 (Ēe-mûi), Ē-mn̂g
  • Xi'an
*Westrafriþuz m - calque from 西 (OC *sɯːl, “west”) + (OC *qaːn, “peace”)
*Aiwafriþuz m - calque from 長安 (OC *daŋ qaːn, “everlasting peace”)
*Tiwaburgz f - partial calque from (OC *ʔsuːŋ) ~ Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsuk ⪤ *tsik (to build) + (OC *tjɯw)