Where does “銀木犀” come from?

銀木犀 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 銀, from Middle Chinese 銀, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ŋul ~ (d-)ŋur — silver.

銀木犀 (Japanese): The white-blooming variety of the sweet olive or...

Definitions

  1. The white-blooming variety of the sweet olive or...

Ancestry of “銀木犀”, step by step

銀木犀 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 銀

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese銀silver
2Middle Chinese銀—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanŋul ~ (d-)ŋursilver

via Japanese 木犀

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese木犀"Osmanthus fragrans", variously called the sweet...
2Chinese木犀—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ŋul ~ (d-)ŋur →Every word from Middle Chinese 銀 →Every word from Japanese 銀 →