Where does “スコットランド英語” come from?
スコットランド英語 (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.
スコットランド英語 (Japanese): Scottish English
Definitions
- Scottish English
Ancestry of “スコットランド英語”, step by step
スコットランド英語 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 スコットランド
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | スコットランド | Scotland; Britain |
| 2 | English | Scotland | referring to someone from Scotland |
| 3 | Middle English | Scotland | — |
| 4 | Old English | Scotland | Ireland", later also "Scotland |
| 5 | Old English | scott | A Scot |
| 6 | Latin | scotus | Erebus |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | σκότος | darkness, gloom |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | skh₃tos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱeh₃- | darkness, shadow |