Where does “habotai” come from?

habotai (English) comes from Japanese 羽二重, from Japanese 羽, from Japanese 根, from Old Japanese 根.

habotai (English): A lightweight fabric resembling silk

Definitions

  1. A lightweight fabric resembling silk

Ancestry of “habotai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese羽二重habotai
2Japanese羽the portion of a feather where the quill attaches...
3Japanese根a root; the source; the root; nature; the...
4Old Japanese根—
Every word from Old Japanese 根 →Every word from Japanese 根 →Every word from Japanese 羽 →