Where does “寝る” come from?

寝る (Japanese) comes from Japanese 寝, from Middle Chinese 寢.

寝る (Japanese): to sleep

Definitions

  1. to sleep

Ancestry of “寝る”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesesleep, sleeping; to sleep
2Middle Chinese

Words derived from “寝る

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