Where does “イギリス英語” come from?
イギリス英語 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 英語, from Chinese 英語, from Chinese 英格蘭, from English England, from Middle English Engelond, from Old English Engla land, from Old English land, from Proto-West Germanic land — land, heath; loins.
イギリス英語 (Japanese): British English
Definitions
- British English
Ancestry of “イギリス英語”, step by step
イギリス英語 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 英語
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 英語 | the English language |
| 2 | Chinese | 英語 | English language |
| 3 | Chinese | 英格蘭 | — |
| 4 | English | England | The territory of the Angles and (later) Anglo-Saxons in Britain at any given time before the founding of the Kingdom of England, or the territory of the English people at any given time, in either the Kingdom of England or the United Kingdom |
| 5 | Middle English | Engelond | — |
| 6 | Old English | Engla land | land of the Angles |
| 7 | Old English | land | land; a country; region within a country:... |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | land | land, area of ground |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | landą | land, area of ground |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | lendʰ- | land, heath; loins |
via Japanese イギリス
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | イギリス | UK; Britain; England; Britain |
| 2 | Portuguese | Inglês | Englishman |
| 3 | Old French | angleis | — |
| 4 | Old English | Englisċ | of the Angles; of the Angles; English |
| 5 | Old English | -isċ | -ish |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -isk | Creates adjectives from nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -iskaz | Forms adjectives from nouns with the sense of... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -iskos | Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to |