Where does “微笑む” come from?
微笑む (Japanese) comes from Japanese 頬, from Japanese 列, from Middle Chinese 列.
微笑む (Japanese): to smile
Ancestry of “微笑む”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 頬 | cheek; the cheeks; the face |
| 2 | Japanese | 列 | line, row; a column of a matrix |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 列 | — |