Where does “青目” come from?

青目 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 目, from Middle Chinese 目.

青目 (Japanese): blue eyes; Westerner

Definitions

  1. blue eyes; Westerner

Ancestry of “青目”, step by step

青目 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 目

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese目an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger...
2Middle Chinese目—

via Japanese 青

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese青blue
2Middle Chinese青—
Every word from Middle Chinese 目 →Every word from Japanese 目 →