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 →