Where does “ニュージーランド英語” come from?
ニュージーランド英語 (Japanese) comes from Japanese ニュージーランド, from English New Zealand, from Dutch Nieuw-Zeeland, from Dutch nieuw, from Middle Dutch niewe, from Old Dutch niuwi, from Proto-West Germanic niwi, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz — new; to nod, assent to.
ニュージーランド英語 (Japanese): New Zealand English
Definitions
- New Zealand English
Ancestry of “ニュージーランド英語”, step by step
ニュージーランド英語 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese ニュージーランド
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | ニュージーランド | New Zealand |
| 2 | English | New Zealand | A rabbit of a breed that originated in California... |
| 3 | Dutch | Nieuw-Zeeland | new Zeeland |
| 4 | Dutch | nieuw | new |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | niewe | new |
| 6 | Old Dutch | niuwi | new |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | niwi | new |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *niwjaz | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | néwyos | Alternative form of *néwos; new |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | néwos | new |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | new- | new; to nod, assent to |
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 |