Where does “一日千秋” come from?
一日千秋 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 一日, from Japanese 月, from Old Japanese 月, from Proto-Japonic tukuy, from Proto-Japonic tuku.
一日千秋 (Japanese): a strong sense of impatience, that what one hopes for will take forever before it comes to pass: the sense that time has slowed to a crawl
Definitions
- a strong sense of impatience, that what one hopes for will take forever before it comes to pass: the sense that time has slowed to a crawl
Ancestry of “一日千秋”, step by step
一日千秋 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 一日
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 一日 | the first day of the month; one day, 24 hours;... |
| 2 | Japanese | 月 | the moon; a natural satellite; moonlight,... |
| 3 | Old Japanese | 月 | the moon; a month; a menstrual cycle,... |
| 4 | Proto-Japonic | tukuy | moon |
| 5 | Proto-Japonic | tuku | — |
via Japanese 千秋
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 千秋 | a thousand years; long years |