Where does “uguisubari” come from?

uguisubari (English) comes from Japanese 鶯張り, from Japanese 鶯, from Japanese す, from Old Japanese す, from Proto-Japonic *su — nest.

uguisubari (English): Wooden floors specifically designed to creak or...

Definitions

  1. Wooden floors specifically designed to creak or...

Ancestry of “uguisubari”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鶯張りnightingale floor
2Japanese鶯Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale
3Japaneseすto do; 巣 nest, hive, den; 酢 vinegar
4Old Japaneseすto do; to happen, occur; to be in a state of...
5Proto-Japonic*sunest
Every word from Proto-Japonic *su →Every word from Old Japanese す →Every word from Japanese す →