Where does “nanori” come from?

nanori (English) comes from Japanese 名乗り, from Japanese 名, from Middle Chinese 名 — name.

nanori (English): A Japanese reading of a kanji character that is...

Definitions

  1. A Japanese reading of a kanji character that is...

Ancestry of “nanori”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese名乗りnanori, Japanese readings of kanji characters...
2Japanese名name; reputation; famous, great, noted
3Middle Chinese名name
Every word from Middle Chinese 名 →Every word from Japanese 名 →Every word from Japanese 名乗り →