Where does “幽霊屋敷” come from?

幽霊屋敷 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 幽霊, from Middle Chinese 幽靈.

幽霊屋敷 (Japanese): haunted house

Definitions

  1. haunted house

Ancestry of “幽霊屋敷”, step by step

幽霊屋敷 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 幽霊

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese幽霊a ghost, a phantom
2Middle Chinese幽靈—

via Japanese 屋敷

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese屋敷estate, grounds, mansion, residence
2Japanese屋house; shop; person who sells or does that thing;...
Every word from Middle Chinese 幽靈 →Every word from Japanese 幽霊 →
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