User talk:Hist31

‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │Tala við mig 08:48, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

彼 and 彼女
Hello Hist31 --

Neither of these terms are calques of English -- a calque is a multi-morpheme term that is formed as a straight translation of a multi-morpheme term in another language. 🇨🇬 is a single-morpheme term, and thus no calque can be formed from this.

Regarding specifically, this is already found in the  completed some time after 759 CE, of poems composed from the 300s through the 700s. This term is older than the entire English language, so claiming that 🇨🇬 derives from English is temporally impossible.

Regarding, this term existed in the , possibly earlier, and formed originally as a compound of distal demonstrative + possessive  +. This was a purely Japanese coinage. The kanojo reading appeared from the. Granted, the Japanese term only rose in prominence and common usage upon influence from English, but the term itself is not a calque.

I've reverted your etymological additions for now. That said, you are correct that the etymologies are lacking important detail. I will expand the entries in the near future. ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │Tala við mig 08:48, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

Originally 彼 was a no distinction. (common in Asia. china - 他) But he(him), she(her), third person concepts are borrowed from English(Meiji period). http://www.sinkan.jp/news/2036?page=1 / http://business.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/topics/20120418/231142/ I'll make some changes update. ‑‑ Hist31 09:28, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%BD%BC%E5%A5%B3 ('kanojo') A word devised to translate a third person woman in Western language. In the early Meiji It was called kanoonna. ‑‑ Hist31 09:40 28 February 2017 (UTC)