Where does “目脂” come from?

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

目脂 (Japanese): gound, rheum, eye mucus

Definitions

  1. gound, rheum, eye mucus

Ancestry of “目脂”, step by step

目脂 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 脂

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese脂resin; fat
Every word from Middle Chinese 目 →Every word from Japanese 目 →