Where does “順風” come from?

順風 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 風, from Old Japanese かぜ, from Proto-Japonic kansay — wind.

順風 (Japanese): favorable wind

Definitions

  1. favorable wind

Ancestry of “順風”, step by step

順風 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 風

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese風wind; airs; a style
2Old Japaneseかぜ—
3Proto-Japonickansaywind

via Japanese 順

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese順order, sequence, turn; order, sequence
Every word from Proto-Japonic kansay →Every word from Old Japanese かぜ →Every word from Japanese 風 →