Where does “重みす” come from?
重みす (Classical Japanese) comes from Japanese み, from Japanese 見る, from Japanese 夢, from Old Japanese 夢, from Japanese 目, from Middle Chinese 目.
Ancestry of “重みす”, step by step
重みす traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese み
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | み | 身 body; 実 fruit; nut; content; 霊, 神 spirit; god |
| 2 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 3 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 4 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 5 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 6 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |