köken: an + genehm, from Old High German nami, ultimately from the same root as nehmen. Compare Sanskrit नमस्ते (namaste, “salutations (to you)”) for similar semantic development from the same Proto-Indo-European root.
köken: ⟨tano₁siki₁⟩ → */tanʷosikʲi/ → /tanoshii/ From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE. No Ryukyuan cognates exist; as a result, further derivation unknown. Theories include: * A compound of 手 (ta, “hand”, combining form) + 伸す (nosu, “to extend”) *: This is problematic, as nosu has first been attested starting from the early 900s, with no A/B distinction (see Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai…
köken: First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 즐〮겁다〮 (Yale: cúlkèptá). Probably from an older root 즑— (culk-, “happy”) and suffix —ㅸ— (- ㅸ-, “-W-”). See also 즐기다 (jeulgida, “to enjoy”).
köken: Probably from the same root as kipakka. Originally "fast". The modern sense "nice, pleasant" can be traced back to northern Finnish, whence it spread elsewhere.
to be enjoyed, enjoyable, pleasing, delightful, beautiful
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁rem- Sanskrit रम् (ram) Proto-Indo-European *-yós Sanskrit -य (-ya) Sanskrit रम्य From Proto-Indo-European *h₁róm-yo-s, from *h₁rem- (“to rest, to enjoy”). The Sanskrit root is रम् (ram).