Where does “下方” come from?

下方 (Old Japanese) comes from Old Japanese 下, from Proto-Japonic sita — down.

下方 (Old Japanese): the land of the dead, underworld

Definitions

  1. the land of the dead, underworld

Ancestry of “下方”, step by step

下方 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Japanese 下

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japanese下the below
2Proto-Japonicsitadown

via Old Japanese 邊

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japanese邊—
Every word from Proto-Japonic sita →Every word from Old Japanese 下 →