Where does “週末” come from?

週末 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 末, from Old Japanese 末.

週末 (Japanese): weekend

Definitions

  1. weekend

Ancestry of “週末”, step by step

週末 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 末

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese末the last; the end; last child, youngest child;...
2Old Japanese末—

via Japanese 週

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese週a week
2Middle Chinese周—
Every word from Old Japanese 末 →Every word from Japanese 末 →