Where does “千名” come from?

千名 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 千, from Middle Chinese 千, from Old Chinese 千.

千名 (Japanese): various rumours

Definitions

  1. various rumours

Ancestry of “千名”, step by step

千名 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 千

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese千a thousand, 1000
2Middle Chinese千—
3Old Chinese千—

via Japanese 名

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese名name; reputation; famous, great, noted
2Middle Chinese名name
Every word from Old Chinese 千 →Every word from Middle Chinese 千 →Every word from Japanese 千 →