Where does “カㇺビソㇱ” come from?

カㇺビソㇱ (Ainu) comes from Ainu カㇺビ, from Japanese 紙, from Middle Chinese 紙.

カㇺビソㇱ (Ainu): a book

Definitions

  1. a book

Ancestry of “カㇺビソㇱ”, step by step

カㇺビソㇱ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ainu カㇺビ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ainuカㇺビpaper; a letter , an epistle
2Japanese紙paper
3Middle Chinese紙—

via Ainu ソㇱ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ainuソㇱa layer, as of bark or strata; a page of a book
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