Where does “目糞” come from?

目糞 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 目, from Middle Chinese 目.

目糞 (Japanese): gound, rheum, eye mucus

Definitions

  1. gound, rheum, eye mucus

Ancestry of “目糞”, step by step

目糞 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 目

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese目an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger...
2Middle Chinese目—

via Japanese 糞

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese糞feces, excrement; shit, crap, garbage, trash;...
2Middle Chinese糞—
Every word from Middle Chinese 目 →Every word from Japanese 目 →