Where does “ジェイ” come from?
ジェイ (Japanese) comes from English Jay, from English jy, from English I, from Old French i, from Latin hīc, from Latin heic, from Latin hic, from Proto-Italic hek(e) — resin.
ジェイ (Japanese): Alternative spelling of ジェー
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of ジェー
Ancestry of “ジェイ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Jay | from, a nickname for a chatty or showy person |
| 2 | English | jy | The name of the Latin-script letter J |
| 3 | English | I | The speaker or writer, referred to as the... |
| 4 | Old French | i | there |
| 5 | Latin | hīc | this; these in the plural |
| 6 | Latin | heic | — |
| 7 | Latin | hic | this; these in the plural |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | hek(e) | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |