祖語

Chinese
ancestor; forefather; grandparents
 
speech; language; dialect
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
Alternative spelling
祖語 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Noun

祖(そ)語(ご) • (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(そ)語(ご) • (sogo) 

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

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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