Where does “グリニッジ標準時” come from?
グリニッジ標準時 (Japanese) comes from Japanese グリニッジ, 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 — to see.
Ancestry of “グリニッジ標準時”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | グリニッジ | Greenwich |
| 2 | English | Greenwich | — |
| 3 | Middle English | Greenwich | — |
| 4 | Old English | Grēnawīċ | — |
| 5 | Old English | wīc | dwelling place, abode; abode, dwelling-place;... |
| 6 | German | witz | — |
| 7 | Middle High German | witz | — |
| 8 | Old High German | wizzi | — |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | wītī | punishment |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | witją | knowledge; reason; sense; understanding; wit |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | *witaną | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |