English
Golden Week
Golden Week comes from Japanese ゴールデンウィーク.
- JapanesemodernゴールデンウィークGōruden Wīku
- EnglishtodayGolden Week
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- JapanesemodernゴールデンウィークGōruden Wīku
- EnglishtodayGolden Week
Proto-Germanic *gulþą ‘gold’
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Proto-West Germanic *gulþīn
Old English gylden ‘golden’
Middle English gilden ‘formed from gold’
Middle English golden ‘formed from gold’
English golden
Proto-Indo-European *weyg- ‘to bend’
Proto-Germanic *wikǭ ‘sequence’
Proto-West Germanic *wikā
Old English wice
Middle English wyke
English week
Every English word from Japanese ゴールデンウィーク
Today it means
name Any of several extended holidays celebrated in China and Japan, usually early in May.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Japanese ゴールデンウィーク / Golden Week