Where does “雲州” come from?

雲州 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 雲, from Middle Chinese 雲.

Ancestry of “雲州”, step by step

雲州 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 雲

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese雲a cloud; of how clouds are widely spread; of how...
2Middle Chinese雲—

via Japanese 州

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese州state; province of Canada; canton of Switzerland
2Middle Chinese洲—
Every word from Middle Chinese 雲 →Every word from Japanese 雲 →