Where does “ミニ新幹線” come from?

ミニ新幹線 (Japanese) comes from Japanese ミニ, from English Mini, from Italian mini — miniskirt; second-person singular present...

ミニ新幹線 (Japanese): mini-shinkansen

Definitions

  1. mini-shinkansen

Ancestry of “ミニ新幹線”, step by step

ミニ新幹線 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese ミニ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseミニmini
2EnglishMiniA model of compact car, originally built by BMC...
3Italianminiminiskirt; second-person singular present...

via Japanese 新幹線

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese新幹線Japanese super express, bullet train, a line...
2Japanese幹線main line, trunk line
Every word from Italian mini →Every word from English Mini →Every word from Japanese ミニ →