Where does “横突起” come from?

横突起 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 横, from Middle Chinese 橫.

横突起 (Japanese): a transverse process

Definitions

  1. a transverse process

Ancestry of “横突起”, step by step

横突起 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 横

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese横side
2Middle Chinese橫—

via Japanese 突起

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese突起a part that juts out of a surface, such as a protuberance, a projection, a prominence, a bump, a process, a promontory, an apophysis, an appendix, etc
Every word from Middle Chinese 橫 →Every word from Japanese 横 →