Where does “蝶番” come from?

蝶番 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 蝶, from Middle Chinese 蝶.

蝶番 (Japanese): hinge

Definitions

  1. hinge

Ancestry of “蝶番”, step by step

蝶番 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 蝶

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese蝶a butterfly
2Middle Chinese蝶—

via Japanese 番

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese番one's turn; -th: forms ordinal numerals

Words derived from “蝶番”

Every word from Middle Chinese 蝶 →Every word from Japanese 蝶 →