Where does “jabisen” come from?

jabisen (French) comes from Japanese 蛇皮線, from Japanese 蛇皮, from Middle Chinese 蛇.

jabisen (French): shamisen

Definitions

  1. shamisen

Ancestry of “jabisen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese蛇皮線an Okinawan traditional three-stringed instrument that is the precursor to the shamisen
2Japanese蛇皮snakeskin; peeling skin syndrome, as if moulted...
3Middle Chinese蛇—
Every word from Middle Chinese 蛇 →Every word from Japanese 蛇皮 →Every word from Japanese 蛇皮線 →