Where does “白雪” come from?

白雪 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 白, from Middle Chinese 白.

白雪 (Japanese): white snow

Definitions

  1. white snow

Ancestry of “白雪”, step by step

白雪 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 白

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese白the color white; innocence; a white go stone
2Middle Chinese白—

via Japanese 雪

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese雪snow
2Old Japanese雪snow

via Middle Chinese 白雪

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese白雪—

Words derived from “白雪”

Every word from Middle Chinese 白 →Every word from Japanese 白 →