Where does “西口” come from?

西口 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 口, from Japanese くち, from Japanese 朽ちる.

西口 (Japanese): west exit

Definitions

  1. west exit

Ancestry of “西口”, step by step

西口 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 口

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese口mouth; opening; the mouth
2Japaneseくちmouth
3Japanese朽ちる—

via Japanese 西

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese西west; the West; wind blowing from the west
2JapaneseしConjunctive particle. Follows items in a list of...
3Middle Chinese氏—
Every word from Japanese 朽ちる →Every word from Japanese くち →Every word from Japanese 口 →