Where does “筋電計” come from?

筋電計 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 電, from Middle Chinese 電.

筋電計 (Japanese): an electromyograph

Definitions

  1. an electromyograph

Ancestry of “筋電計”, step by step

筋電計 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 電

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese電lightning
2Middle Chinese電—

via Japanese 計

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese計plan, total; -meter
2Middle Chinese計—

via Japanese 筋

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese筋muscle; tendon; road
Every word from Middle Chinese 電 →Every word from Japanese 電 →