Where does “空き家” come from?

空き家 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 家, from Japanese 家紋, from Middle Chinese かもん.

空き家 (Japanese): an abandoned home, a vacant house

Definitions

  1. an abandoned home, a vacant house

Ancestry of “空き家”, step by step

空き家 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 家

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese家a house; one's own home; a home, household
2Japanese家紋a crest for a household or family
3Middle Chineseかもん—

via Japanese 空き

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese空きroom; space
Every word from Middle Chinese かもん →Every word from Japanese 家紋 →Every word from Japanese 家 →