Where does “呉越” come from?

呉越 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 呉, from Japanese 暮れる — get dark, for night to fall; for the season to...

呉越 (Japanese): Wu and Yue

Definitions

  1. Wu and Yue

Ancestry of “呉越”, step by step

呉越 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 呉

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese呉Chinese, from China; the Wú region of China;...
2Japanese暮れるget dark, for night to fall; for the season to...

via Japanese 越

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese越pass over; cross over; go over
2Middle Chinese越—
Every word from Japanese 暮れる →Every word from Japanese 呉 →