Where does “Seppuku” come from?

Seppuku (German) comes from Japanese 切腹, from Japanese 切 — cut, sever; cutting; to cut.

Seppuku (German): seppuku, hara-kiri

Definitions

  1. seppuku, hara-kiri

Ancestry of “Seppuku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese切腹seppuku; to commit seppuku
2Japanese切cut, sever; cutting; to cut
Every word from Japanese 切 →Every word from Japanese 切腹 →