玄孫

玄孫

1. great-great-grandson (in a male lineage)
2. (Wu) great-grandson
3. distant descendant

   • 漢獻帝劉協是漢光武帝劉秀的第八代玄孫 [MSC, trad.]
     汉献帝刘协是汉光武帝刘秀的第八代玄孙 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2004: 侯健美 (Hou Jianmei), 当事专家详解：为什么说张飞和曹操的亲戚关系

     Hàn Xiàndì Liú Xié shì Hàn Guāngwǔdì Liú Xiù de dì bā dài xuánsūn [Pinyin]

     Liu Xie, Emperor Xian of Han, was the eighth generation descendant of Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of Han

• 高祖 (gāozǔ)

• 曾孫／曾孙 (zēngsūn)
• 來孫／来孙 (láisūn)
• 晜孫／晜孙 (kūnsūn)
• 耳孫／耳孙 (réngsūn)
• 雲孫／云孙 (yúnsūn)

Shift from yashiwago.[1][2][3] Compare a similar contraction process in そりゃ (sorya) from それは (sore wa).

First attested in 1614.[1]

• (Tokyo) やしゃご [yàshágó] (Heiban – [0])[3][4][5]
• IPA^(key): [ja̠ɕa̠ɡo̞]

玄(やしゃ)孫(ご) • (yashago) 

1. [from 1614] a descendant four generations down: a great-great-grandchild, the grandchild of a grandchild

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720.[1]

Compound of やしわ (yashiwa, from ancient yasipa, of uncertain meaning, possibly “great-grandchild”?) +‎ 子 (ko, “child”).[1][3][5]

• IPA^(key): [ja̠ɕiɰᵝa̠ɡo̞]

玄(やしわ)孫(ご) • (yashiwago) ^{←やしはご (yasifago)?}

1. [from 720] (archaic, possibly dialect) a descendant four generations down: a great-great-grandchild, the grandchild of a grandchild

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 玄孫 (MC hwen swon).

First attested in Japanese in a portion of the Shoku Nihongi dated to 701.[1]

• (Tokyo) げんそん [gèńsóń] (Heiban – [0])[3][4][5]
• IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞ɰ̃sõ̞ɴ]

玄(げん)孫(そん) • (genson) 

1. [from 701] a descendant four generations down: a great-great-grandchild, the grandchild of a grandchild

• 高祖(こうそ) (kōso): remote ancestor; an ancestor four generations back: a great-great-grandparent, a grandparent of a grandparent