Where does “肋間” come from?
肋間 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 肋, from Japanese あばら, from Japanese あばらぼね — 肋骨, あばら骨 a rib; 肋骨, あばら骨 a frame.
肋間 (Japanese): intercostality
Ancestry of “肋間”, step by step
肋間 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 肋
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 肋 | short for 肋骨: rib body part |
| 2 | Japanese | あばら | 荒ら, 荒, 疎ら, 疎 loosely spaced, sparse, with large... |
| 3 | Japanese | あばらぼね | 肋骨, あばら骨 a rib; 肋骨, あばら骨 a frame |
via Japanese 間
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 間 | interval; "suffixes some expressions of time to... |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 間 | — |