Where does “浮雲” come from?
浮雲 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 雲, from Middle Chinese 雲.
浮雲 (Japanese): a drifting or floating cloud
Definitions
- a drifting or floating cloud
Ancestry of “浮雲”, step by step
浮雲 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 雲
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 雲 | a cloud; of how clouds are widely spread; of how... |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 雲 | — |
via Japanese 浮き
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 浮き | a float used in fishing; a fishnet float; a buoy |
| 2 | Japanese | 浮く | to float; to be loose; to unfasten; to be excited |