jinja

The story

1. Old Chinese · derived from神社“sacrificial altar, shrine”
2. Middle Chinese · derived from神社
3. Japanese · borrowed from神社
4. English todayjinja

Borrowed from Japanese 神社 (じんじゃ, jinja), from Middle Chinese 神社, from Old Chinese 神社 (“sacrificial altar, shrine”), from 神 (*hlin, “deity, divine”) + 社 (*ɦljaːʔ, “Earth deity [and altar]”). Cognate with Mandarin 神社 (shénshè, “shrine”).