Where does “や座” come from?

や座 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 座, from Middle Chinese 座.

や座 (Japanese): Sagitta

Definitions

  1. Sagitta

Ancestry of “や座”, step by step

や座 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 座

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

via Japanese 矢

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese矢an arrow; a wedge used to break hard objects such...
2Old Japaneseや—
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