Where does “夢” come from?

夢 (Old Japanese) comes from Japanese 目, from Middle Chinese 目.

夢 (Old Japanese): a dream

Definitions

  1. a dream

Ancestry of “夢”, step by step

夢 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 目

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese目an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger...
2Middle Chinese目—

via Japanese 寝

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese寝sleep, sleeping; to sleep
2Middle Chinese寢—

via Old Japanese 目

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japanese目eye; sight, vision

Words derived from “夢”

Every word from Middle Chinese 目 →Every word from Japanese 目 →