Where does “kiwameru” come from?

kiwameru (English) comes from Japanese 極める, from Japanese 極む, from Japanese む, from Middle Chinese 無.

kiwameru (English): To master completely; to pursue a skill or discipline to its extreme

Definitions

  1. To master completely; to pursue a skill or discipline to its extreme

Ancestry of “kiwameru”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese極めるto carry to extremes, carry to the end
2Japanese極む—
3JapaneseむUsed to indicate a mumbling sound; Used to form...
4Middle Chinese無—
Every word from Middle Chinese 無 →Every word from Japanese む →Every word from Japanese 極む →