Where does “膝頭” come from?

膝頭 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 頭, from Japanese ど- — super-.

膝頭 (Japanese): The front of the knee; The kneecap, the patella

Definitions

  1. The front of the knee; The kneecap, the patella

Ancestry of “膝頭”, step by step

膝頭 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 頭

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese頭head; the fontanelle part of the skull; the head...
2Japaneseど-super-

via Japanese 膝

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese膝knee
2Old Japaneseひざ—
Every word from Japanese ど- →Every word from Japanese 頭 →