Where does “鍛冶” come from?

鍛冶 (Japanese) comes from Old Japanese 鍛, from Old Japanese 金 — metal.

鍛冶 (Japanese): forging, smithing; a metalsmith, smith; Short for...

Definitions

  1. forging, smithing; a metalsmith, smith; Short for...

Ancestry of “鍛冶”, step by step

鍛冶 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Japanese 鍛

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japanese鍛the forging of metal; also such a person who...
2Old Japanese金metal

via Middle Chinese 鍛冶

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese鍛冶—

Words derived from “鍛冶”

Every word from Old Japanese 金 →Every word from Old Japanese 鍛 →