Where does “金剛石” come from?
金剛石 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 金剛, from Middle Chinese 金剛, from Sanskrit वज्र, from Sanskrit यान, from Sanskrit महायान, from Sanskrit महा, from Proto-Indo-Aryan maźʰā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian maȷ́ʰā́ — big, great.
金剛石 (Japanese): a diamond
Ancestry of “金剛石”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 金剛 | an adamant; something extremely solid and... |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 金剛 | — |
| 3 | Sanskrit | वज्र | "the hard or mighty one", a thunderbolt; a... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | यान | carriage, vehicle, mode of transport; moving,... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | महायान | — |
| 6 | Sanskrit | महा | combining form of महत्; buffalo; great, large,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | maźʰā́ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | maȷ́ʰā́ | big, great |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂s | big, great |