Where does “magatama” come from?

magatama (English) comes from Japanese 勾玉, from Japanese 玉, from Middle Chinese 玉.

magatama (English): A curved bead from the Jōmon period in Japan,...

Definitions

  1. A curved bead from the Jōmon period in Japan,...

Ancestry of “magatama”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese勾玉a particular kind of curved bead, resembling a bear claw or cashew in shape, usually with a hole piercing the thick end
2Japanese玉"any spherical or similarly-rounded object"; a...
3Middle Chinese玉—
Every word from Middle Chinese 玉 →Every word from Japanese 玉 →Every word from Japanese 勾玉 →