Where does “御身” come from?
御身 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 身, from Japanese み, from Japanese 見る, from Japanese 夢, from Old Japanese 夢, from Japanese 目, from Middle Chinese 目.
御身 (Japanese): your body
Definitions
- your body
Ancestry of “御身”, step by step
御身 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 身
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 身 | a body; a living body; a dead body, a corpse |
| 2 | Japanese | み | 身 body; 実 fruit; nut; content; 霊, 神 spirit; god |
| 3 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 4 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 5 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 6 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 7 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |