Where does “鼻炎” come from?

鼻炎 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 鼻, from English Butter, from English butt, from Middle English butten, from Anglo-Norman buter, from Old French boter, from Old French bouter, from Frankish bautan — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

鼻炎 (Japanese): nasal inflammation; rhinitis; sinus infection

Definitions

  1. nasal inflammation; rhinitis; sinus infection

Ancestry of “鼻炎”, step by step

鼻炎 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesenose; trunk; first-person personal male pronoun;...
2EnglishButterA soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk)
3EnglishbuttThe larger or thicker end of something; the blunt...
4Middle Englishbutten
5Anglo-Normanbuterto strike, finish
6Old Frenchboterto push, butt, strike; to strike; to push; thrust
7Old Frenchbouterto strike; to hit; to place; to put; to enter
8Frankishbautanto push, strike, beat; to hit, strike; to hit,...
9Proto-West Germanicbautanto beat
10Proto-Germanicbautanąto beat, push
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewd-to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,...
12Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesea flame; an intense emotion, passion; -itis,...
2Old Japanesea flame
3Old Japanesea fire; a light
4Proto-Japonicpoyfire
5Proto-Japonicpo
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰew-