Where does “みなしご” come from?
みなしご (Japanese) comes from Japanese 身, from Japanese み, from Japanese 見る, from Japanese 夢, from Old Japanese 夢, from Japanese 目, from Middle Chinese 目.
Ancestry of “みなしご”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 身 | a body; a living body; a dead body, a corpse |
| 2 | Japanese | み | 身 body; 実 fruit; nut; content; 霊, 神 spirit; god |
| 3 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 4 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 5 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 6 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 7 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |