Where does “綿雲” come from?

綿雲 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 綿, from Middle Chinese 綿.

Ancestry of “綿雲”, step by step

綿雲 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 綿

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese綿cotton; the cotton plant; raw cotton
2Middle Chinese綿—

via Japanese 雲

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese雲a cloud; of how clouds are widely spread; of how...
2Middle Chinese雲—
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