Surname · Chinese · Vietnamese · unknown

羅

“net”·“bird (tied with string)”

羅 is a surname from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. It is used in Chinese.

Chinese and Vietnamese and unknownWritten in Chinese characters script.

Meaning & origin

What it means

羅 is built from elements meaning “net” and “bird (tied with string)”.

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Where it comes from

羅 comes from Proto-Sino-Tibetan.

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How it developed

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *C-raj.

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羅Luo

The ring: across languages.

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Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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“plum tree”

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Sibling ideas

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