Where does “花瓶” come from?

花瓶 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 花, from Old Japanese 花 — flower.

花瓶 (Japanese): (flower) vase

Definitions

  1. (flower) vase

Ancestry of “花瓶”, step by step

花瓶 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 花

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese花a flower
2Old Japanese花flower

via Japanese 瓶

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese瓶bottle, jug, or jar made from glass, pottery, or...

via Middle Chinese 花

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese花—
Every word from Old Japanese 花 →Every word from Japanese 花 →