Where does “風速計” come from?

風速計 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 計, from Middle Chinese 計.

風速計 (Japanese): anemometer

Definitions

  1. anemometer

Ancestry of “風速計”, step by step

風速計 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 計

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese計plan, total; -meter
2Middle Chinese計—

via Japanese 風速

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese風速wind speed
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