Where does “ウィングレット” come from?
ウィングレット (Japanese) comes from English winglet, from English wing, from English woman, from Middle English womman, from Old English wīfmann, from Old English mann, from Proto-West Germanic mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann- — to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
ウィングレット (Japanese): a winglet
Ancestry of “ウィングレット”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | winglet | A little wing; A winglike structure at a wingtip... |
| 2 | English | wing | An appendage of an animal's body that enables it... |
| 3 | English | woman | An adult female human; All female humans... |
| 4 | Middle English | womman | An female adult person; a woman; The female sex... |
| 5 | Old English | wīfmann | woman; female servant; woman |
| 6 | Old English | mann | person; man meaning mankind; man meaning adult... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | mann | person, human |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *mann- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |