Where does “ネズミーランド” come from?
ネズミーランド (Japanese) comes from Japanese ディズニーランド, from English Disneyland, from English Disney, from Old French dé, from Latin dadu, from Latin datum, from Latin datus, from Latin dāre — to give.
Ancestry of “ネズミーランド”, step by step
ネズミーランド traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese ディズニーランド
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | ディズニーランド | Disneyland |
| 2 | English | Disneyland | A place resembling the Disneyland theme park,... |
| 3 | English | Disney | The Walt Disney Company, named after Walt Disney |
| 4 | Old French | dé | die |
| 5 | Latin | dadu | — |
| 6 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 7 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 8 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |
via Japanese ネズミ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | ネズミ | 鼠 any mouse-like or rat-like rodent |