語源学

See also: 语源学 and 語源學

Japanese

Kanji in this term
語	源	学
ご Grade: 2	げん Grade: 6	がく Grade: 1
goon	kan'on	on'yomi

Alternative spelling
語源學 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

語源 (gogen, “etymology”) +‎ 学 (-gaku, “study”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ごげんがく [gògéꜜǹgàkù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɡo̞ɡẽ̞ŋɡa̠kɯ̟]

Noun

語(ご)源(げん)学(がく) • (gogengaku) 

1. etymology (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)

References

• Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN