Where does “janggi” come from?

janggi (English) comes from Korean 장기, from Chinese 將棋, from Japanese 将棋, from Japanese 将棊.

janggi (English): a variant of chess traditionally played in Korea

Definitions

  1. a variant of chess traditionally played in Korea

Ancestry of “janggi”, step by step

janggi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 장기

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean장기janggi; Korean chess; viscera, organ; long term,...
2Chinese將棋shogi; janggi
3Japanese将棋shogi Japanese chess
4Japanese将棊—

via Persian زنگی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianزنگیdark-skinned, Negro; black
2Middle Persianzngyk'Negro
Every word from Japanese 将棊 →Every word from Japanese 将棋 →Every word from Chinese 將棋 →
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