Where does “燹” come from?

燹 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 火, from Old Japanese 火, from Proto-Japonic poy, from Proto-Japonic po.

燹 (Japanese): a wildfire; a backburn: a controlled fire...

Definitions

  1. a wildfire; a backburn: a controlled fire...

Ancestry of “燹”, step by step

燹 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 火

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese火"term relating to fire"; a light; a burning...
2Old Japanese火a fire; a light
3Proto-Japonicpoyfire
4Proto-Japonicpo—

via Japanese 野

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese野an area, field; the hidden part of a structure;...
2Middle Chinese野—
Every word from Proto-Japonic po →Every word from Proto-Japonic poy →Every word from Old Japanese 火 →