Where does “泥沼” come from?

泥沼 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 沼, from Japanese 間, from Middle Chinese 間.

泥沼 (Japanese): muddy swamp; bog; the situation in which one is...

Definitions

  1. muddy swamp; bog; the situation in which one is...

Ancestry of “泥沼”, step by step

泥沼 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 沼

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese沼a swamp, a bog, a marsh, a wetland
2Japanese間interval; "suffixes some expressions of time to...
3Middle Chinese間—

via Japanese 泥

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese泥mud
2Middle Chinese泥—

Words derived from “泥沼”

Every word from Middle Chinese 間 →Every word from Japanese 間 →Every word from Japanese 沼 →