Where does “尼崎” come from?
尼崎 (Chinese) comes from Japanese 尼崎, from Japanese 尼, from Japanese アマゾン, from English amazon, from Spanish Amazonas, from Spanish amazona, from Latin amazon, from Ancient Greek Ἀμαζών — together, one.
Ancestry of “尼崎”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 尼崎 | — |
| 2 | Japanese | 尼 | nun |
| 3 | Japanese | アマゾン | (~) for about 4000 miles to the Atlantic |
| 4 | English | amazon | A tall, strong, athletic woman |
| 5 | Spanish | Amazonas | — |
| 6 | Spanish | amazona | horsewoman; amazon |
| 7 | Latin | amazon | an Amazon |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Ἀμαζών | Amazons, a nation of female warriors from western... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |