Where does “雁首” come from?

雁首 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 雁, from Middle Chinese 雁.

雁首 (Japanese): goose's neck, something resembling a goose's...

Definitions

  1. goose's neck, something resembling a goose's...

Ancestry of “雁首”, step by step

雁首 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 雁

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese雁wild goose; cry of a wild goose
2Middle Chinese雁—

via Japanese 首

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese首neck; the neck and head as a whole; dismissal...
2Middle Chinese首—
Every word from Middle Chinese 雁 →Every word from Japanese 雁 →