Where does “ヒント” come from?
ヒント (Japanese) comes from English hint, from Middle English hinten, from Middle English henten, from Old English hentan, from Proto-West Germanic *hantijan, from Proto-Germanic hantijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
ヒント (Japanese): hint, clue
Definitions
- hint, clue
Ancestry of “ヒント”, step by step
ヒント traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English hint
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hint | A clue; A tacit suggestion that avoids a direct... |
| 2 | Middle English | hinten | — |
| 3 | Middle English | henten | to lay hold of, catch |
| 4 | Old English | hentan | to pursue; follow after; to seize; take; carry... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *hantijan | to pursue, follow |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hantijaną | to fit; to pursue, follow |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Dutch brandpunt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | brandpunt | focus – of a lens; focus – of an ellipse |
| 2 | Dutch | punt | point; The terminal point of something; dot |
| 3 | French | point | point; full stop, period; stitch pattern |
| 4 | Middle French | poinct | point; not |
| 5 | Old French | point | a sting; a prick; moment; time; dot |
| 6 | Latin | pūnctum | point |
| 7 | Latin | punctus | pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;... |
| 8 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |