Where does “Rice Krispies” come from?
Rice Krispies (English) comes from English crispy, from English crisp, from English Y, from English yuri, from Japanese 百合, from Japanese 連用形, from Japanese 見る, from Japanese 夢.
Rice Krispies (English): A cereal manufactured by Kellogg Company that consists of puffed rice
Definitions
- A cereal manufactured by Kellogg Company that consists of puffed rice
Ancestry of “Rice Krispies”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | crispy | Having a crisp texture; brittle yet tender; The... |
| 2 | English | crisp | Sharp, clearly defined; Brittle; friable; in a... |
| 3 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 4 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 6 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 7 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 8 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 9 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 10 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 11 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |