Where does “雪女” come from?

雪女 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 女, from Middle Chinese 女.

雪女 (Japanese): "yuki-onna", "snow-woman": spirit of a woman who...

Definitions

  1. "yuki-onna", "snow-woman": spirit of a woman who...

Ancestry of “雪女”, step by step

雪女 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 女

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese女a woman; a wife; a mistress, concubine
2Middle Chinese女—

via Japanese 雪

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese雪snow
2Old Japanese雪snow

Words derived from “雪女”

Every word from Middle Chinese 女 →Every word from Japanese 女 →