Where does “民数記” come from?

民数記 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 記, from Japanese 文, from Middle Chinese 文.

民数記 (Japanese): Numbers

Definitions

  1. Numbers

Ancestry of “民数記”, step by step

民数記 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 記

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese記a chronicle; chronicle, history, account, record;...
2Japanese文the mon, an old currency; a unit of length for...
3Middle Chinese文—

via Japanese 民数

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese民数—
Every word from Middle Chinese 文 →Every word from Japanese 文 →Every word from Japanese 記 →