Where does “古今” come from?
古今 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 古, from Japanese KO, from English KO, from Japanese 劫, from Middle Chinese 劫, from Sanskrit कल्प, from Sanskrit -अ, from Sanskrit भाग्य — Paleo-Balkan oak.
古今 (Japanese): the past and present; Short for 古今雛; old and new
Definitions
- the past and present; Short for 古今雛; old and new
Ancestry of “古今”, step by step
古今 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 古
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 古 | the past; ancient times |
| 2 | Japanese | KO | knockout |
| 3 | English | KO | Abbreviation of knock out; To knock someone out,... |
| 4 | Japanese | 劫 | "kalpa": a unit of time in Buddhist cosmology; a... |
| 5 | Middle Chinese | 劫 | — |
| 6 | Sanskrit | कल्प | practicable, feasible, possible; proper, fit,... |
| 7 | Sanskrit | -अ | — |
| 8 | Sanskrit | भाग्य | luck, destiny, fate, fortune, chance, welfare,... |
| 9 | Sanskrit | भाग | part, portion, share, allotment; compartment,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | bʰāgás | division; allotment |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂gós | Paleo-Balkan oak |
via Japanese 今
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 今 | now; just now; soon |
| 2 | Japanese | 中今 | the present, as a privileged moment in eternity |
| 3 | Japanese | 中 | middle, medium; average; neither good nor poor;... |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 中 | — |
via Middle Chinese 古今
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Chinese | 古今 | — |