Where does “栃木弁” come from?

栃木弁 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 弁, from Middle Chinese 辨.

栃木弁 (Japanese): the Tochigi dialect of Japanese

Definitions

  1. the Tochigi dialect of Japanese

Ancestry of “栃木弁”, step by step

栃木弁 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 弁

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese弁dialect
2Middle Chinese辨—

via Japanese 栃木

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese栃木—
Every word from Middle Chinese 辨 →Every word from Japanese 弁 →