Where does “Yomi” come from?

Yomi (English) comes from Japanese 黄泉, from Middle Chinese 黃泉.

Yomi (English): The Japanese underworld, whose exits are guarded by horrible creatures

Definitions

  1. The Japanese underworld, whose exits are guarded by horrible creatures

Ancestry of “Yomi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese黄泉the land of the dead; the afterworld, underworld;...
2Middle Chinese黃泉—
Every word from Middle Chinese 黃泉 →Every word from Japanese 黄泉 →