Where does “朧月” come from?

朧月 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 月, from Old Japanese 月, from Proto-Japonic tukuy, from Proto-Japonic tuku.

朧月 (Japanese): the moon on a hazy night, especially during spring

Definitions

  1. the moon on a hazy night, especially during spring

Ancestry of “朧月”, step by step

朧月 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 月

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese月the moon; a natural satellite; moonlight,...
2Old Japanese月the moon; a month; a menstrual cycle,...
3Proto-Japonictukuymoon
4Proto-Japonictuku—

via Japanese 朧

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese朧hazy, cloudy
2Japanese凡mediocre, ordinary; mediocrity; dim, faint
3Middle Chinese凡ordinary
Every word from Proto-Japonic tuku →Every word from Proto-Japonic tukuy →Every word from Old Japanese 月 →