Where does “Japaneseness” come from?
Japaneseness (English) comes from English Japanese, from English Japan, from Dutch Japan, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本, from Middle Chinese 日本 — Land of the Rising Sun.
Japaneseness (English): The quality of being Japanese
Definitions
- The quality of being Japanese
Ancestry of “Japaneseness”, step by step
Japaneseness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Japanese
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Japanese | Of, relating to, or derived from Japan, its... |
| 2 | English | Japan | A hard black enamel varnish containing asphalt |
| 3 | Dutch | Japan | — |
| 4 | Malay | Jepang | Japanese |
| 5 | Hokkien | 日本 | Japan; Japanese; Japan |
| 6 | Middle Chinese | 日本 | Land of the Rising Sun |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |