Where does “乱層雲” come from?

乱層雲 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 層雲, from Japanese 雲, from Middle Chinese 雲.

乱層雲 (Japanese): nimbostratus

Definitions

  1. nimbostratus

Ancestry of “乱層雲”, step by step

乱層雲 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 層雲

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese層雲stratus
2Japanese雲a cloud; of how clouds are widely spread; of how...
3Middle Chinese雲—

via Japanese 乱

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese乱chaos, disorder; revolt, rebellion
2Middle Chinese亂—
Every word from Middle Chinese 雲 →