Where does “古時計” come from?

古時計 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 古い, from Japanese 連体形, from Japanese 連体, from Japanese 体, from Middle Chinese 體.

古時計 (Japanese): antique clock, grandfather clock

Definitions

  1. antique clock, grandfather clock

Ancestry of “古時計”, step by step

古時計 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 古い

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese古いold, aged, antiqued
2Japanese連体形the attributive form; an inflectional category
3Japanese連体connecting to an uninflectable word
4Japanese体In general: the body, e.g. of a human or animal;...
5Middle Chinese體—

via Japanese 時計

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese時計a clock, a watch, a timepiece, a timekeeper
2Middle Chinese土圭—
Every word from Middle Chinese 體 →Every word from Japanese 体 →Every word from Japanese 連体 →