Where does “つむじかぜ” come from?
つむじかぜ (Japanese) comes from Japanese 旋風, from Japanese 旋毛, from Japanese 毛, from Middle Chinese 毛.
つむじかぜ (Japanese): whirlwind
Ancestry of “つむじかぜ”, step by step
つむじかぜ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 旋風
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 旋風 | an atmospheric phenomenon characterized by a... |
| 2 | Japanese | 旋毛 | a patch of hair on a head growing in the oppose... |
| 3 | Japanese | 毛 | hair, fur; a kind of unit |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 毛 | — |
via Japanese 風
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 風 | wind; airs; a style |
| 2 | Old Japanese | かぜ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Japonic | kansay | wind |