Talk:蓬萊

Etymology
Could you check the etymology here? — justin(r)leung { (t...) 20:59, 22 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Great work! I didn't realise Schuessler had an interesting discussion on the etymology of this. (Though to me the resemblance to 'sea' seems coincidental - the ultimate source of the forms for 'sea' may be Shan, which seems to be a compound of 🇰🇲.) Wyang (talk) 10:22, 23 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Interesting! What do you think about the part on Austro-Asiatic? I just left it there, but I couldn't confirm it anywhere, other than at Lai (state). — justin(r)leung { (t...) 14:41, 23 October 2016 (UTC)
 * The part on this meaning “mountain” is in 《论汉字和汉语的起源》 by 唐善纯, which can be read here. The article and Google search hits of the author suggest that this may be a published 民科 theory, although the theory may be pointing to the right direction. I guess we can keep it. The 《越絕書》 one can be found here. Wyang (talk) 20:23, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

Etymology 2
Where did you get it? Dokurrat (talk) 06:45, 17 June 2018 (UTC)
 * It was my inaccurate translation of "草莽" from Guoyu Cidian, which should be translated as "wilderness". — justin(r)leung { (t...) 06:54, 17 June 2018 (UTC)