Where does “自動小銃” come from?
自動小銃 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 自動, from Japanese 自動詞, from Japanese 詞, from Middle Chinese 詞.
自動小銃 (Japanese): an automatic rifle
Ancestry of “自動小銃”, step by step
自動小銃 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 自動
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 自動 | automatic movement, automatic functioning;... |
| 2 | Japanese | 自動詞 | intransitive verb |
| 3 | Japanese | 詞 | word; word; part of speech |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 詞 | — |
via Japanese 小銃
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 小銃 | a rifle |
| 2 | Japanese | 小 | smallness; small size, small; Short for 小の月;... |
| 3 | Old Japanese | ささ | — |