Where does “juŋ” come from?
juŋ (Proto-Turkic) comes from Chinese 羊, from Translingual ¥, from English Y, from English yuri, from Japanese 百合, from Japanese 連用形, from Japanese 見る, from Japanese 夢.
Ancestry of “juŋ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinese | 羊 | sheep, goat, antelope |
| 2 | Translingual | ¥ | yen |
| 3 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 4 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 6 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 7 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 8 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 9 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 10 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 11 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |