Where does “silver general” come from?
silver general (English) comes from Japanese 銀将, from Japanese 銀, from Middle Chinese 銀, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ŋul ~ (d-)ŋur — silver.
silver general (English): A piece in shogi that can move one step in any...
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- A piece in shogi that can move one step in any...
Ancestry of “silver general”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 銀将 | silver general |
| 2 | Japanese | 銀 | silver |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 銀 | — |
| 4 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | ŋul ~ (d-)ŋur | silver |