Where does “密室殺人” come from?
密室殺人 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 殺人, from Japanese 人, from Proto-Japonic *pitə — one.
密室殺人 (Japanese): a locked-room murder
Definitions
- a locked-room murder
Ancestry of “密室殺人”, step by step
密室殺人 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 殺人
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 殺人 | murder of a person; homicide |
| 2 | Japanese | 人 | a person, human; an individual; mankind, people |
| 3 | Proto-Japonic | *pitə | one |
via Japanese 密室
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 密室 | hidden room; secret chamber |