Where does “二時” come from?

二時 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 時, from Old Japanese 時, from Old Japanese しだ — a time, circumstance, occasion.

二時 (Japanese): two o'clock

Definitions

  1. two o'clock

Ancestry of “二時”, step by step

二時 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 時

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese時time; an event, case, occasion, moment; a...
2Old Japanese時a time, moment (in time), occasion
3Old Japaneseしだa time, circumstance, occasion

via Japanese 二

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese二two, 2; second; two
2Middle Chinese二two
Every word from Old Japanese しだ →Every word from Old Japanese 時 →Every word from Japanese 時 →