Where does “順守” come from?

順守 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 守, from Japanese 連用形, from Japanese 見る, from Japanese 夢, from Old Japanese 夢, from Japanese 目, from Middle Chinese 目.

順守 (Japanese): observance, adherence, compliance, obedience;...

Definitions

  1. observance, adherence, compliance, obedience;...

Ancestry of “順守”, step by step

順守 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 守

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese守a watchman, a keeper as of a lighthouse, a caretaker
2Japanese連用形an inflectional category: the continuative or...
3Japanese見るto see, to watch, to observe, to look at...
4Japanese夢a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state...
5Old Japanese夢a dream
6Japanese目an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger...
7Middle Chinese目—

via Japanese 順

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese順order, sequence, turn; order, sequence
Every word from Middle Chinese 目 →Every word from Japanese 目 →Every word from Old Japanese 夢 →