Where does “正夢” come from?

正夢 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 夢, from Old Japanese 夢, from Japanese 目, from Middle Chinese 目.

正夢 (Japanese): a dream that comes true, a veridical dream; a...

Definitions

  1. a dream that comes true, a veridical dream; a...

Ancestry of “正夢”, step by step

正夢 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 夢

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese夢a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state...
2Old Japanese夢a dream
3Japanese目an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger...
4Middle Chinese目—

via Japanese 正

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese正A number of ten-duodecillion in modern Japanese...
2Japanese正しaccurate, authentic, correct
Every word from Middle Chinese 目 →Every word from Japanese 目 →Every word from Old Japanese 夢 →