Where does “高鼾” come from?

高鼾 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 鼾, from Middle Chinese 鼾.

高鼾 (Japanese): a loud snore; a deep sleep

Definitions

  1. a loud snore; a deep sleep

Ancestry of “高鼾”, step by step

高鼾 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 鼾

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鼾snoring, a snore; to snore; snoring
2Middle Chinese鼾—

via Japanese 高

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