Where does “女房詞” come from?

女房詞 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 言葉, from Japanese 言, from Middle Chinese 言.

女房詞 (Japanese): a cant or secret language of ladies-in-waiting in...

Definitions

  1. a cant or secret language of ladies-in-waiting in...

Ancestry of “女房詞”, step by step

女房詞 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 言葉

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese言葉a word, a term; language, speech
2Japanese言word; parole
3Middle Chinese言—

via Japanese 女房

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese女房one's wife
2Japaneseにょう%ぼう—
Every word from Middle Chinese 言 →Every word from Japanese 言 →Every word from Japanese 言葉 →