Where does “グリーンウィッチ” come from?
グリーンウィッチ (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.
Ancestry of “グリーンウィッチ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Greenwich | — |
| 2 | Middle English | Greenwich | — |
| 3 | Old English | Grēnawīċ | — |
| 4 | Old English | wīc | dwelling place, abode; abode, dwelling-place;... |
| 5 | German | witz | — |
| 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 |