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Where does “ハニカム” come from?

ハニカム (Japanese) comes from English honeycomb, from Middle English honycomb, from Old English huniġcamb, from Old English huniġ, from Proto-West Germanic hunag, from Proto-Germanic *hunagą, from Proto-Germanic hunangą, from Proto-Indo-European kn̥h₂onk-o-s — honey.

ハニカム (Japanese): honeycomb

Definitions

  1. honeycomb

Ancestry of “ハニカム”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhoneycombA structure of hexagonal cells made by bees...
2Middle Englishhonycomb—
3Old Englishhuniġcamb—
4Old Englishhuniġ—
5Proto-West Germanichunaghoney
6Proto-Germanic*hunagą—
7Proto-GermanichunangąAlternative form of *hunagą
8Proto-Indo-Europeankn̥h₂onk-o-s—
9Proto-Indo-Europeankn̥h₂ónkshoney
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