Where does “海里” come from?
海里 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 海, from Old Japanese うな.
海里 (Japanese): a nautical mile: the length of roughly one minute...
Definitions
- a nautical mile: the length of roughly one minute...
Ancestry of “海里”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 海 | a sea, an ocean; a lake; an object covering over... |
| 2 | Old Japanese | うな | — |