Where does “ねじろ” come from?

ねじろ (Japanese) comes from Japanese 根, from Old Japanese 根.

ねじろ (Japanese): primary castle

Definitions

  1. primary castle

Ancestry of “ねじろ”, step by step

ねじろ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 根

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese根a root; the source; the root; nature; the...
2Old Japanese根—

via Japanese 城

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese城castle; a structure surrounded by a moat or...
2Japanese山背—

via Japanese 白

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese白the color white; innocence; a white go stone
2Middle Chinese白—
Every word from Old Japanese 根 →Every word from Japanese 根 →