Where does “高積雲” come from?

高積雲 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 積雲, from Japanese 雲, from Middle Chinese 雲.

高積雲 (Japanese): altocumulus

Definitions

  1. altocumulus

Ancestry of “高積雲”, step by step

高積雲 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 積雲

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese積雲cumulus
2Japanese雲a cloud; of how clouds are widely spread; of how...
3Middle Chinese雲—

via Japanese 高

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese高maximum, the limit; high, higher
2Middle Chinese高—
Every word from Middle Chinese 雲 →