Where does “スネ毛” come from?

スネ毛 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 毛, from Middle Chinese 毛.

スネ毛 (Japanese): leg hair

Definitions

  1. leg hair

Ancestry of “スネ毛”, step by step

スネ毛 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 すね

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseすね—
Every word from Middle Chinese 毛 →Every word from Japanese 毛 →