Showing posts with label loanword. Show all posts
Showing posts with label loanword. Show all posts

Monday, 23 September 2013

Tun Town

Copyright Julie Vaux 2013 
Yes if you're wondering there are reputable scholars who have speculated on whether this is a loan word from Indo European *Dunos though how the word got to Eastern Asia when it's not used in Tocharian or Sogdian ... ?