Where does “陽炎” come from?

陽炎 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 火, from Old Japanese 火, from Proto-Japonic poy, from Proto-Japonic po.

陽炎 (Japanese): heat shimmer, heat haze; the glow of dawn

Definitions

  1. heat shimmer, heat haze; the glow of dawn

Ancestry of “陽炎”, step by step

陽炎 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 火

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese火"term relating to fire"; a light; a burning...
2Old Japanese火a fire; a light
3Proto-Japonicpoyfire
4Proto-Japonicpo—

via Japanese かぎる

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseかぎる限る be limited to, be restricted to; restrict

Words derived from “陽炎”

Every word from Proto-Japonic po →Every word from Proto-Japonic poy →Every word from Old Japanese 火 →