Where does “万力” come from?

万力 (Japanese) comes from Chinese 万, from Chinese 萬, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-maŋ.

万力 (Japanese): a vise/vice

Definitions

  1. a vise/vice

Ancestry of “万力”, step by step

万力 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 万

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese万—
2Chinese萬10,000
3Proto-Sino-Tibetans-maŋ—

via Japanese 力

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese力strength; power; force; force; ability; capacity
2Middle Chinese力strength, power
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-maŋ →Every word from Chinese 萬 →Every word from Chinese 万 →