Where does “門歯” come from?

門歯 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 門, from Old Japanese 門 — a gate, portal; an entrance, gateway, opening;...

門歯 (Japanese): incisor tooth

Definitions

  1. incisor tooth

Ancestry of “門歯”, step by step

門歯 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 門

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese門a gate; a sect, school of thought; a phylum,...
2Old Japanese門a gate, portal; an entrance, gateway, opening;...

via Japanese 歯

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese歯tooth; age
2Middle Chinese齒—
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