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They are pretty well founded. You can read old rhyme dictionaries and see how the words evolved eg when borrowed by Japan at one time and then when borrowed aga
by earthboundkid 10mo ago
They are pretty well founded. You can read old rhyme dictionaries and see how the words evolved eg when borrowed by Japan at one time and then when borrowed again a couple of hundred years later. We can’t ever know 100% but it’s not idle speculation either.
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- demetrius 10mo agoRhyme dictionaries describe Middle Chinese, not Old Chinese. Old Chinese involves much more guesswork.