祖語

Chinese
ancestor; forefather; grandparents
 
speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (祖語) 祖 語
simp. (祖语) 祖 语

Pronunciation

Noun

祖語

  1. (linguistics) proto-language

Japanese
Kanji in this term
祖 語
そ
Grade: 5		 ご
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 祖語 (MC t͡suoX ŋɨʌX, literally “ancestor + words, language”).

Noun

祖語 (hiragana そご, rōmaji sogo)

  1. (Buddhism) the words of the founder of a particular sect

Etymology 2

Appears to be a repurposing of the earlier Buddhist term as a calque of English proto-language.

Noun

祖語 (hiragana そご, rōmaji sogo)

  1. (linguistics) a proto-language from which later daughter languages evolve
    Synonym: 母語 (bogo) (uncommon)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
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