Where does “音叉” come from?

音叉 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 音, from Middle Chinese 音.

音叉 (Japanese): a tuning fork

Definitions

  1. a tuning fork

Ancestry of “音叉”, step by step

音叉 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 音

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese音sound
2Middle Chinese音—

via Japanese 叉

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese叉fork, bifurcation
Every word from Middle Chinese 音 →Every word from Japanese 音 →