Where does “shaku” come from?

shaku (English) comes from Japanese 尺, from Middle Chinese 尺.

shaku (English): The Japanese foot, a traditional Japanese unit of...

Definitions

  1. The Japanese foot, a traditional Japanese unit of...

Ancestry of “shaku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese尺the shaku, "metal shaku", or Japanese foot: a...
2Middle Chinese尺—
Every word from Middle Chinese 尺 →Every word from Japanese 尺 →
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