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