Where does “夢” come from?

夢 (Japanese) comes from Old Japanese 夢, from Japanese 目, from Middle Chinese 目.

夢 (Japanese): a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state...

Definitions

  1. a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state...

Ancestry of “夢”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japanese夢a dream
2Japanese目an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger...
3Middle Chinese目—

Words derived from “夢”

Every word from Middle Chinese 目 →Every word from Japanese 目 →Every word from Old Japanese 夢 →