Where does “хентай” come from?
хентай (Russian) comes from English hentai, from Japanese 変態, from Japanese 変, from Middle Chinese 變.
хентай (Russian): hentai
Ancestry of “хентай”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | hentai | — |
| 2 | Japanese | 変態 | metamorphosis, transformation; abnormality;... |
| 3 | Japanese | 変 | a change |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 變 | — |