Where does “萌え袖” come from?

萌え袖 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 萌え, from Japanese 萌える, from Japanese 萌ゆ — to bud, sprout.

萌え袖 (Japanese): adorably oversized sleeves

Definitions

  1. adorably oversized sleeves

Ancestry of “萌え袖”, step by step

萌え袖 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 萌え

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese萌えbudding, sprouting; "moe": feelings of affection...
2Japanese萌えるto bud, sprout; to be aroused; to feel or...
3Japanese萌ゆto bud, sprout

via Japanese 袖

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese袖a sleeve, an arm; a wing of a building; a wing of...
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