Where does “Fujianese” come from?
Fujianese (English) comes from English Fujian, from English Fuji, from Japanese 富士, from Old Japanese 富士, from Ainu フヂ — fire.
Fujianese (English): Of or relating to the province of Fujian in...
Definitions
- Of or relating to the province of Fujian in...
Ancestry of “Fujianese”, step by step
Fujianese traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Fujian
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Fujian | Of, from, or related to, Mount Fuji |
| 2 | English | Fuji | An apple of a Japanese cultivar that originated as a cross between the Red Delicious and Ralls Janet |
| 3 | Japanese | 富士 | a hill resembling Mount Fuji |
| 4 | Old Japanese | 富士 | — |
| 5 | Ainu | フヂ | fire |
via English ese
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | ese | dude, man |
| 2 | Mexican Spanish | ese | The name of the Latin-script letter S; that;... |
| 3 | Latin | ipse | himself, herself, itself, the very, the actual;... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *e(s)peso | himself, herself, itself |