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

  1. to see, to watch, to observe, to look at...

Ancestry of “見る”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese夢a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state...
2Old Japanese夢a dream
3Japanese目an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger...
4Middle Chinese目—

Words derived from “見る”

Every word from Middle Chinese 目 →Every word from Japanese 目 →Every word from Old Japanese 夢 →