Where does “かみのけ座” come from?

かみのけ座 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 毛, from Middle Chinese 毛.

かみのけ座 (Japanese): Coma Berenices

Definitions

  1. Coma Berenices

Ancestry of “かみのけ座”, step by step

かみのけ座 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 毛

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese毛hair, fur; a kind of unit
2Middle Chinese毛—

via Japanese 座

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese座names of constellations; names of theaters
2Middle Chinese座—

via Japanese 髪

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese髪hair on the head
Every word from Middle Chinese 毛 →Every word from Japanese 毛 →