Where does “代理母” come from?

代理母 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 母, from Old Japanese はは.

代理母 (Japanese): a woman who is impregnated and gives birth for...

Definitions

  1. a woman who is impregnated and gives birth for...

Ancestry of “代理母”, step by step

代理母 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 母

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese母mother; a woman who breastfeeds and raises a...
2Old Japaneseはは—

via Japanese 代理

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese代理surrogation, proxy; proxy; to act in place of
Every word from Old Japanese はは →Every word from Japanese 母 →