Where does “鹿沼” come from?

鹿沼 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 沼, from Japanese 間, from Middle Chinese 間.

Ancestry of “鹿沼”, step by step

鹿沼 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 沼

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese沼a swamp, a bog, a marsh, a wetland
2Japanese間interval; "suffixes some expressions of time to...
3Middle Chinese間—

via Japanese 鹿

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鹿deer; deer meat: venison; a beast
2Middle Chinese鹿—

Words derived from “鹿沼”

Every word from Middle Chinese 間 →Every word from Japanese 間 →Every word from Japanese 沼 →