Where does “膝枕” come from?

膝枕 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 膝, from Old Japanese ひざ.

膝枕 (Japanese): a position in which one lying person pillows the head on another sitting person's thighs

Definitions

  1. a position in which one lying person pillows the head on another sitting person's thighs

Ancestry of “膝枕”, step by step

膝枕 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 膝

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese膝knee
2Old Japaneseひざ—

via Japanese 枕

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese枕pillow
Every word from Old Japanese ひざ →Every word from Japanese 膝 →