Where does “電波ソング” come from?
電波ソング (Japanese) comes from Japanese ソング, from English song, from Thai สอง, from Proto-Tai soːŋᴬ, from Middle Chinese 雙.
電波ソング (Japanese): denpa song, a Japanese genre of catchy electronic music featuring cute vocals and nonsensical or unusual lyrics
Definitions
- denpa song, a Japanese genre of catchy electronic music featuring cute vocals and nonsensical or unusual lyrics
Ancestry of “電波ソング”, step by step
電波ソング traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese ソング
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | ソング | a thong |
| 2 | English | song | A musical composition with lyrics for voice or... |
| 3 | Thai | สอง | 2 |
| 4 | Proto-Tai | soːŋᴬ | two |
| 5 | Middle Chinese | 雙 | — |
via Japanese 電波
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 電波 | radio wave; mobile phone signal; nonsense... |