Where does “ブランケット” come from?
ブランケット (Japanese) comes from English blanket, from Middle English blanket, from Old French blanquette, from Old French blanc, from Late Latin blancus, from Frankish blank, from Proto-Germanic *blank, from Proto-Germanic blankaz — to shine, white; to shine, burn, scorch.
ブランケット (Japanese): a blanket; a blanquette: a stew of a white meat ...
Definitions
- a blanket; a blanquette: a stew of a white meat ...
Ancestry of “ブランケット”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | blanket | A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and... |
| 2 | Middle English | blanket | — |
| 3 | Old French | blanquette | — |
| 4 | Old French | blanc | white |
| 5 | Late Latin | blancus | white |
| 6 | Frankish | blank | bright; gleaming, white, blinding; bright,... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *blank | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | blankaz | bright, shining, white, gleaming, blinding |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bhleg- | to shine, white; to shine, burn, scorch |