Where does “ブームスラング” come from?
ブームスラング (Japanese) comes from English boomslang, from Afrikaans boomslang, from Dutch boomslang, from Dutch Slang, from English slang, from English sling, from English spiderling, from English Ling — light, agile, nimble; light, not heavy, agile,...
ブームスラング (Japanese): boomslang, a highly venomous arboreal snake (Dispholidus typus) native to sub-Saharan Africa
Definitions
- boomslang, a highly venomous arboreal snake (Dispholidus typus) native to sub-Saharan Africa
Ancestry of “ブームスラング”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | boomslang | A highly venomous snake found in sub-Saharan... |
| 2 | Afrikaans | boomslang | boomslang |
| 3 | Dutch | boomslang | A boomslang |
| 4 | Dutch | Slang | Serpens |
| 5 | English | slang | Language outside of conventional usage and in the... |
| 6 | English | sling | To throw with a circular or arcing motion; To... |
| 7 | English | spiderling | An immature spider; Any of various herbaceous... |
| 8 | English | Ling | Any of various codlike saltwater fish often used as food by humans, those of the genus Molva, in the family Lotidae |
| 9 | Middle English | ling | Any of various varieties of heather or broom |
| 10 | Old Norse | lyng | heather, ling |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | lingwą | heather, ling |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | lengʷʰom | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | lengʷʰ- | light, agile, nimble; light, not heavy, agile,... |