Where does “Musubi no Kami” come from?

Musubi no Kami (English) comes from Japanese 結びの神, from Japanese 産霊, from Japanese 霊, from Middle Chinese 靈.

Musubi no Kami (English): The Japanese god of matchmaking, love and marriage

Definitions

  1. The Japanese god of matchmaking, love and marriage

Ancestry of “Musubi no Kami”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese結びの神the Japanese god of matchmaking, love and marriage
2Japanese産霊motive force, life force
3Japanese霊ghost; a soul, a spirit
4Middle Chinese靈—
Every word from Middle Chinese 靈 →Every word from Japanese 霊 →Every word from Japanese 産霊 →