Where does “マネキン人形” come from?
マネキン人形 (Japanese) comes from Japanese マネキン, from English mannequin, from French mannequin, from Dutch manneken, from Low German Mann, from Middle Low German man, from Old Saxon mann, from Proto-West Germanic mann — to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
Ancestry of “マネキン人形”, step by step
マネキン人形 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese マネキン
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | マネキン | a mannequin; a clothing or makeup model |
| 2 | English | mannequin | A dummy, or life-size model of the human body,... |
| 3 | French | mannequin | model; dummy, mannequin |
| 4 | Dutch | manneken | |
| 5 | Low German | Mann | man (adult) male human |
| 6 | Middle Low German | man | but, only |
| 7 | Old Saxon | mann | human, person |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | mann | person, human |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *mann- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |