Where does “尾高型” come from?

尾高型 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 尾, from Old Japanese 尾.

尾高型 (Japanese): The accent pattern in Japanese in which the last...

Definitions

  1. The accent pattern in Japanese in which the last...

Ancestry of “尾高型”, step by step

尾高型 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 尾

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese尾a tail; the foot of a mountain; the end of...
2Old Japanese尾—

via Japanese 高

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese高maximum, the limit; high, higher
2Middle Chinese高—
Every word from Old Japanese 尾 →Every word from Japanese 尾 →