Where does “肋間筋” come from?

肋間筋 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 肋間, 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.

肋間筋 (Japanese): an intercostal muscle

Definitions

  1. an intercostal muscle

Ancestry of “肋間筋”, step by step

肋間筋 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 肋間

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese肋間intercostality
2Japanese肋short for 肋骨: rib body part
3Japaneseあばら荒ら, 荒, 疎ら, 疎 loosely spaced, sparse, with large...
4Japaneseあばらぼね肋骨, あばら骨 a rib; 肋骨, あばら骨 a frame

via Japanese 筋

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese筋muscle; tendon; road
Every word from Japanese あばらぼね →Every word from Japanese あばら →Every word from Japanese 肋 →