Where does “北口” come from?

北口 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 口, from Japanese くち, from Japanese 朽ちる.

北口 (Japanese): north exit

Definitions

  1. north exit

Ancestry of “北口”, step by step

北口 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 口

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese口mouth; opening; the mouth
2Japaneseくちmouth
3Japanese朽ちる—

via Japanese 北

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese北north; the North; a northerly, north wind
2Chinese Mandarin北—
Every word from Japanese 朽ちる →Every word from Japanese くち →Every word from Japanese 口 →