Where does “Zennish” come from?
Zennish (English) comes from English zen, from Japanese 禅, from Japanese 禅那, from Middle Chinese 禪那, from Sanskrit ध्यान, from Sanskrit ध्यै, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyh₂- — mind, thought.
Zennish (English): Zenlike
Definitions
- Zenlike
Ancestry of “Zennish”, step by step
Zennish traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English zen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | zen | A denomination of Buddhism; Profound meditation... |
| 2 | Japanese | 禅 | "dhyana-samadhi"; the disciplines and doctrine of... |
| 3 | Japanese | 禅那 | Zen meditation practice |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 禪那 | — |
| 5 | Sanskrit | ध्यान | meditation, thought, reflection, profound and... |
| 6 | Sanskrit | ध्यै | to contemplate, meditate, think of |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeyh₂- | mind, thought |
via English ish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ish | Pronunciation spelling of is; somewhat,... |
| 2 | English | -ish | Typical of, similar to, being like; Somewhat,... |
| 3 | Middle English | -ish | Alternative form of -yssh |
| 4 | Old English | -isċ | -ish |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -isk | Creates adjectives from nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -iskaz | Forms adjectives from nouns with the sense of... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iskos | Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to |