Where does “流れ星” come from?

流れ星 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 流れ, from Japanese 流れる — to flow, to run, to rush, to stream.

流れ星 (Japanese): Synonym of 流星

Definitions

  1. Synonym of 流星

Ancestry of “流れ星”, step by step

流れ星 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 流れ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese流れflow
2Japanese流れるto flow, to run, to rush, to stream

via Japanese 星

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese星a star; the Star; a celestial body
Every word from Japanese 流れる →Every word from Japanese 流れ →