Where does “鍍金” come from?

鍍金 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 滅金, from Japanese 金, from Middle Chinese 金.

鍍金 (Japanese): plating, gilding; pretense; plate

Definitions

  1. plating, gilding; pretense; plate

Ancestry of “鍍金”, step by step

鍍金 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 滅金

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese滅金plating, gilding; pretense; plate
2Japanese金metal; money; firmness, strength
3Middle Chinese金—

via Middle Chinese 鍍金

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese鍍金—
Every word from Middle Chinese 金 →Every word from Japanese 金 →Every word from Japanese 滅金 →
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