Where does “目覚まし” come from?

目覚まし (Japanese) comes from Japanese 目, from Middle Chinese 目.

目覚まし (Japanese): waking, waking up; a kind of sweet given to...

Definitions

  1. waking, waking up; a kind of sweet given to...

Ancestry of “目覚まし”, step by step

目覚まし 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 覚まし

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese覚ましclearing one's eyes or mind of sleep, confusion,...
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