Where does “グリニッジ” come from?
グリニッジ (Japanese) comes from English Greenwich, from Middle English Greenwich, from Old English Grēnawīċ, from Old English wīc, from German witz, from Middle High German witz, from Old High German wizzi, from Proto-West Germanic wītī — to see.
グリニッジ (Japanese): Greenwich
Definitions
- Greenwich
Ancestry of “グリニッジ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Greenwich | The Greenwich meridian; the prime meridian |
| 2 | Middle English | Greenwich | — |
| 3 | Old English | Grēnawīċ | — |
| 4 | Old English | wīc | dwelling place, abode; abode, dwelling-place;... |
| 5 | German | witz | joke |
| 6 | Middle High German | witz | — |
| 7 | Old High German | wizzi | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | wītī | punishment |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | witją | knowledge; reason; sense; understanding; wit |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | *witaną | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |