Where does “鳥座” come from?

鳥座 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 座, from Middle Chinese 座.

鳥座 (Japanese): nest

Definitions

  1. nest

Ancestry of “鳥座”, step by step

鳥座 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 座

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese座names of constellations; names of theaters
2Middle Chinese座—

via Japanese 鳥

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鳥a bird; a chicken; fowl or chicken meat

Words derived from “鳥座”

Every word from Middle Chinese 座 →Every word from Japanese 座 →