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

  1. your body

Ancestry of “御身”, step by step

御身 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 身

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese身a body; a living body; a dead body, a corpse
2Japaneseみ身 body; 実 fruit; nut; content; 霊, 神 spirit; god
3Japanese見るto see, to watch, to observe, to look at...
4Japanese夢a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state...
5Old Japanese夢a dream
6Japanese目an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger...
7Middle Chinese目—

via Japanese 御

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese御"indicates that the is honorific"; often used to...
2Middle Chinese御—
Every word from Middle Chinese 目 →Every word from Japanese 目 →Every word from Old Japanese 夢 →