Where does “アホ毛” come from?

アホ毛 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 毛, from Middle Chinese 毛.

アホ毛 (Japanese): ahoge

Definitions

  1. ahoge

Ancestry of “アホ毛”, step by step

アホ毛 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 毛

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

via Japanese 阿呆

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese阿呆a foolish person or action

Words derived from “アホ毛”

Every word from Middle Chinese 毛 →Every word from Japanese 毛 →