Jie (English)

Where does "Jie" come from?

The English term 'Jie' is borrowed via the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin name '羯' ('Jié')[1]. This Mandarin form descends from the Middle Chinese transcription '羯' ('kjot'), which was originally borrowed directly from the endonym of the Jie language itself[1].

Full etymology tree

• Jie (English), 'The language spoken by the Jie people, attested only in a fragment in the Book of Jin.'
  • borrowed 羯 (Jié) (Mandarin)
    • inherited 羯 (kjot) (Middle Chinese)
      • borrowed (Jie)

Sources

1. Jie (English) - Wiktionary

Updated October 2026

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