Where does “風車” come from?

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

風車 (Japanese): a windmill; a pinwheel, a toy that spins in the...

Definitions

  1. a windmill; a pinwheel, a toy that spins in the...

Ancestry of “風車”, step by step

風車 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 風

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

via Japanese 車

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese車a car, an automobile, a carriage, a cart; a...
2Middle Chinese車cart, vehicle

via Middle Chinese 風車

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese風車—
Every word from Proto-Japonic kansay →Every word from Old Japanese かぜ →Every word from Japanese 風 →