Where does “古今和歌集” come from?
古今和歌集 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 古今, from Japanese 古, from Japanese KO, from English KO, from Japanese 劫, from Middle Chinese 劫, from Sanskrit कल्प, from Sanskrit -अ — Paleo-Balkan oak.
古今和歌集 (Japanese): the first of the 勅撰和歌集, compiled in 905-914
Definitions
- the first of the 勅撰和歌集, compiled in 905-914
Ancestry of “古今和歌集”, step by step
古今和歌集 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 古今
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 古今 | the past and present; Short for 古今雛; old and new |
| 2 | Japanese | 古 | the past; ancient times |
| 3 | Japanese | KO | knockout |
| 4 | English | KO | Abbreviation of knock out; To knock someone out,... |
| 5 | Japanese | 劫 | "kalpa": a unit of time in Buddhist cosmology; a... |
| 6 | Middle Chinese | 劫 | — |
| 7 | Sanskrit | कल्प | practicable, feasible, possible; proper, fit,... |
| 8 | Sanskrit | -अ | — |
| 9 | Sanskrit | भाग्य | luck, destiny, fate, fortune, chance, welfare,... |
| 10 | Sanskrit | भाग | part, portion, share, allotment; compartment,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | bʰāgás | division; allotment |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂gós | Paleo-Balkan oak |