Where does “夢を見る” come from?
夢を見る (Japanese) comes from Japanese 見る, from Japanese 夢, from Old Japanese 夢, from Japanese 目, from Middle Chinese 目.
夢を見る (Japanese): to have a dream
Ancestry of “夢を見る”, step by step
夢を見る traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 見る
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 2 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 3 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 4 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 5 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |
via Japanese を
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | を | A case particle; A conjunctive particle, usually... |
| 2 | Proto-Japonic | wo | accusative marker; away from, off |