Where does “東北弁” come from?

東北弁 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 弁, from Middle Chinese 辨.

東北弁 (Japanese): Tōhoku dialect

Definitions

  1. Tōhoku dialect

Ancestry of “東北弁”, step by step

東北弁 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 弁

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese弁dialect
2Middle Chinese辨—

via Japanese 東北

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese東北northeast
Every word from Middle Chinese 辨 →Every word from Japanese 弁 →