Where does “尾椎” come from?
尾椎 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 尾, from Old Japanese 尾.
尾椎 (Japanese): a coccygeal vertebra
Definitions
- a coccygeal vertebra
Ancestry of “尾椎”, step by step
尾椎 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 尾
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 尾 | a tail; the foot of a mountain; the end of... |
| 2 | Old Japanese | 尾 | — |
via Japanese 椎
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 椎 | any tree of the genus "Castanopsis" |