Where does “kocisinsi” come from?

kocisinsi (Kanakanabu) comes from Japanese 校長, from Japanese 先生, from Middle Chinese 先生, from Middle Chinese 生 — born.

kocisinsi (Kanakanabu): principal

Definitions

  1. principal

Ancestry of “kocisinsi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese校長principal or headteacher of a school
2Japanese先生an elder; a scholar; a teacher or a professor
3Middle Chinese先生master, elder
4Middle Chinese生born
Every word from Middle Chinese 生 →Every word from Middle Chinese 先生 →Every word from Japanese 先生 →
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