Where does “鎖” come from?
鎖 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 鏈る — to be linked together, to link together.
鎖 (Japanese): a chain; the closing and locking of a door or...
Definitions
- a chain; the closing and locking of a door or...
Ancestry of “鎖”, step by step
鎖 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 鏈る
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 鏈る | to be linked together, to link together |
via Middle Chinese 鎖
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Chinese | 鎖 | — |