Where does “幾久” come from?
幾久 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 幾, from Proto-Japonic eku, from French écu, from Old French escut, from Latin scūtum, from Proto-Indo-European skei-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.
幾久 (Japanese): how long
Definitions
- how long
Ancestry of “幾久”, step by step
幾久 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 幾
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 幾 | some, several; how many, how much; some, several,... |
| 2 | Proto-Japonic | eku | how many |
| 3 | French | écu | shield; écu |
| 4 | Old French | escut | shield |
| 5 | Latin | scūtum | a type of shield: the scutum, the large oblong wooden shield carried by the Roman infantry |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | skei- | to cut, to divide, to separate; to cut, split; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |
via Japanese 久
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 久 | of long duration, longstanding, lasting a long... |