Where does “寝坊” come from?
寝坊 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 寝る, from Japanese 寝, from Middle Chinese 寢.
寝坊 (Japanese): oversleeping; one who sleeps late or oversleeps;...
Definitions
- oversleeping; one who sleeps late or oversleeps;...
Ancestry of “寝坊”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 寝る | — |
| 2 | Japanese | 寝 | sleep, sleeping; to sleep |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 寢 | — |