Where does “kami” come from?

Kami comes from Japanese 神, which derives from Middle Chinese しん.

kami (English): An animistic God or spirit in the Shinto religion...

Definitions

  1. An animistic God or spirit in the Shinto religion...

Ancestry of “kami”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese神a spirit or an essence present in all things, the...
2Japaneseかみ—
3Translingual−A long signal, used to form Morse code text, together with. (a short signal)
Every word from Translingual − →Every word from Japanese かみ →Every word from Japanese 神 →