Where does “yaj” come from?
yaj (White Hmong) comes from Proto-Turkic juŋ, from Chinese 羊, from Translingual ¥, from English Y, from English yuri, from Japanese 百合, from Japanese 連用形, from Japanese 見る.
yaj (White Hmong): to melt
Definitions
- to melt
Ancestry of “yaj”, step by step
yaj traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Proto-Turkic juŋ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Turkic | juŋ | — |
| 2 | Chinese | 羊 | sheep, goat, antelope |
| 3 | Translingual | ¥ | yen |
| 4 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 5 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 6 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 7 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 8 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 9 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 10 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 11 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 12 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |
via Middle Chinese 羊
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Chinese | 羊 | — |