Where does “カナダ英語” come from?
カナダ英語 (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.
カナダ英語 (Japanese): Canadian English
Definitions
- Canadian English
Ancestry of “カナダ英語”, step by step
カナダ英語 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 カナダ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | カナダ | Canada |
| 2 | English | cañada | A small canyon; a narrow valley or glen |
| 3 | Spanish | cañada | glen, gully, ravine |
| 4 | Spanish | -ada | Used with a stem to form the feminine singular... |
| 5 | Spanish | -ado | Suffix indicating the masculine singular past... |
| 6 | Old Spanish | -ado | forms the masculine singular past participle of regular |
| 7 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |