Where does “上代特殊仮名遣” come from?

上代特殊仮名遣 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 仮名遣い, from Japanese 仮名, from Japanese 名, from Middle Chinese 名 — name.

上代特殊仮名遣 (Japanese): distinctions in the usage of man'yōgana in Old Japanese works that were quickly lost

Definitions

  1. distinctions in the usage of man'yōgana in Old Japanese works that were quickly lost

Ancestry of “上代特殊仮名遣”, step by step

上代特殊仮名遣 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 仮名遣い

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese仮名遣いkana usage
2Japanese仮名a category of Japanese syllabary scripts: kana; a...
3Japanese名name; reputation; famous, great, noted
4Middle Chinese名name

via Japanese 特殊

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese特殊specialness, exceptionality
Every word from Middle Chinese 名 →Every word from Japanese 名 →Every word from Japanese 仮名 →