Where does “北欧” come from?

北欧 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 北, from Chinese Mandarin 北.

北欧 (Japanese): the Nordics

Definitions

  1. the Nordics

Ancestry of “北欧”, step by step

北欧 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 北

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese北north; the North; a northerly, north wind
2Chinese Mandarin北—

via Japanese 欧

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese欧—
Every word from Chinese Mandarin 北 →Every word from Japanese 北 →