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

  1. oversleeping; one who sleeps late or oversleeps;...

Ancestry of “寝坊”, step by step

寝坊 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 寝る

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese寝るto sleep
2Japanese寝sleep, sleeping; to sleep
3Middle Chinese寢—

via Japanese 坊

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese坊monk; boy, monk; dear, beloved

Words derived from “寝坊”

Every word from Middle Chinese 寢 →Every word from Japanese 寝 →Every word from Japanese 寝る →