Where does “市内電車” come from?

市内電車 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 電車, from Japanese 電, from Middle Chinese 電.

市内電車 (Japanese): a tram, a streetcar

Definitions

  1. a tram, a streetcar

Ancestry of “市内電車”, step by step

市内電車 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 電車

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese電車an electric multiple unit train
2Japanese電lightning
3Middle Chinese電—

via Japanese 市内

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese市内the interior of a city
2Middle Chinese市內—
Every word from Middle Chinese 電 →Every word from Japanese 電 →Every word from Japanese 電車 →
市内電車 — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer