Where does “見る” come from?
見る (Japanese) comes from Japanese 夢, from Old Japanese 夢, from Japanese 目, from Middle Chinese 目.
見る (Japanese): to see, to watch, to observe, to look at...
Definitions
- to see, to watch, to observe, to look at...
Ancestry of “見る”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 2 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 3 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |