Where does “梨状筋” come from?

梨状筋 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 梨, from Middle Chinese 梨.

梨状筋 (Japanese): a piriformis muscle

Definitions

  1. a piriformis muscle

Ancestry of “梨状筋”, step by step

梨状筋 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 梨

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese梨a pear tree; a pear; more specifically, the...
2Middle Chinese梨—

via Translingual 状

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Translingual状—

via Japanese 筋

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese筋muscle; tendon; road
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