Where does “hyoshigi” come from?
hyoshigi (English) comes from Japanese 拍子木, from Japanese 木, from Old Japanese 木, from Proto-Japonic kəy — tree.
hyoshigi (English): One of the wooden sticks that are clapped by the...
Definitions
- One of the wooden sticks that are clapped by the...
Ancestry of “hyoshigi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 拍子木 | a Japanese percussion instrument made of two... |
| 2 | Japanese | 木 | a tree or shrub; wood, timber, lumber; a tree |
| 3 | Old Japanese | 木 | a tree or shrub; wood, timber, lumber; Combining... |
| 4 | Proto-Japonic | kəy | tree |