Where does “五十鈴” come from?

五十鈴 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 鈴, from Middle Chinese 鈴.

五十鈴 (Japanese): a 長良-class cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II (see Japanese cruiser Isuzu)

Definitions

  1. a 長良-class cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II (see Japanese cruiser Isuzu)

Ancestry of “五十鈴”, step by step

五十鈴 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 鈴

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鈴a bell, chime
2Middle Chinese鈴—

via Japanese 五十

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese五十fifty, 50; a fifty-year-old; a large quantity
2Middle Chineseこしゆう—
Every word from Middle Chinese 鈴 →Every word from Japanese 鈴 →