Where does “初春” come from?

初春 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 初, from Middle Chinese 初.

初春 (Japanese): early spring

Definitions

  1. early spring

Ancestry of “初春”, step by step

初春 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 初

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese初the first..., initial..., new.; a first, start, a...
2Middle Chinese初—

via Japanese 春

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese春spring
2Middle Chinese春—

via Old Japanese 初春

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japanese初春early spring
2Old Japanese春the spring
Every word from Middle Chinese 初 →Every word from Japanese 初 →