Where does “内眼筋” come from?

内眼筋 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 内, from Middle Chinese 內.

内眼筋 (Japanese): an intraocular muscle

Definitions

  1. an intraocular muscle

Ancestry of “内眼筋”, step by step

内眼筋 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 内

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese内inside, within; between, among; while, during,...
2Middle Chinese內—

via Japanese 眼筋

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese眼筋an ocular muscle
2Japanese眼visually prominent feature; eye; pupil, eye
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