Where does “当駅” come from?

当駅 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 当, from Middle Chinese 當.

当駅 (Japanese): this train station

Definitions

  1. this train station

Ancestry of “当駅”, step by step

当駅 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 当

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese当this
2Middle Chinese當—

via Japanese 駅

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese駅station
2Chinese驛—
Every word from Middle Chinese 當 →Every word from Japanese 当 →