Where does “kun-yomi” come from?

kun-yomi (English) comes from Japanese 訓読み, from Japanese 読み, from Japanese 読む — to read; to count; to infer; to speculate.

kun-yomi (English): A reading of a kanji that is not derived from the kanji's original pronunciation borrowed from Chinese

Definitions

  1. A reading of a kanji that is not derived from the kanji's original pronunciation borrowed from Chinese

Ancestry of “kun-yomi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese訓読み"kun'yomi": a reading of a kanji that is not...
2Japanese読みreading; speculation
3Japanese読むto read; to count; to infer; to speculate
Every word from Japanese 読む →Every word from Japanese 読み →Every word from Japanese 訓読み →