Where does “英語” come from?
英語 (Okinawan) comes from Japanese 英語, from Chinese 英語, from Chinese 英格蘭, from English England, from Middle English Engelond, from Old English Engla land, from Old English land, from Proto-West Germanic land — land, heath; loins.
英語 (Okinawan): English, the English language
Definitions
- English, the English language
Ancestry of “英語”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 英語 | the English language |
| 2 | Chinese | 英語 | English language |
| 3 | Chinese | 英格蘭 | — |
| 4 | English | England | The territory of the Angles and (later) Anglo-Saxons in Britain at any given time before the founding of the Kingdom of England, or the territory of the English people at any given time, in either the Kingdom of England or the United Kingdom |
| 5 | Middle English | Engelond | — |
| 6 | Old English | Engla land | land of the Angles |
| 7 | Old English | land | land; a country; region within a country:... |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | land | land, area of ground |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | landą | land, area of ground |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | lendʰ- | land, heath; loins |