Where does “古” come from?
古 (Japanese) comes from Japanese KO, from English KO, from Japanese 劫, from Middle Chinese 劫, from Sanskrit कल्प, from Sanskrit -अ, from Sanskrit भाग्य, from Sanskrit भाग — Paleo-Balkan oak.
古 (Japanese): the past; ancient times
Definitions
- the past; ancient times
Ancestry of “古”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | KO | knockout |
| 2 | English | KO | Abbreviation of knock out; To knock someone out,... |
| 3 | Japanese | 劫 | "kalpa": a unit of time in Buddhist cosmology; a... |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 劫 | — |
| 5 | Sanskrit | कल्प | practicable, feasible, possible; proper, fit,... |
| 6 | Sanskrit | -अ | — |
| 7 | Sanskrit | भाग्य | luck, destiny, fate, fortune, chance, welfare,... |
| 8 | Sanskrit | भाग | part, portion, share, allotment; compartment,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | bʰāgás | division; allotment |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂gós | Paleo-Balkan oak |