Where does “cunami” come from?
cunami (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Japanese 津波, from Japanese 波, from Middle Chinese 波.
cunami (Serbo-Croatian): tsunami
Ancestry of “cunami”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 津波 | a tsunami; a tidal wave; a tidal bore |
| 2 | Japanese | 波 | wave |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 波 | — |