Where does “奈良時代” come from?

奈良時代 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 奈良, from Old Japanese なら.

奈良時代 (Japanese): the Nara period

Definitions

  1. the Nara period

Ancestry of “奈良時代”, step by step

奈良時代 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 奈良

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese奈良Nara city; Nara
2Old Japaneseなら—

via Japanese 時代

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese時代age, era, period; the times, spirit of the age;...
Every word from Old Japanese なら →Every word from Japanese 奈良 →