Where does “うちかた” come from?

うちかた (Japanese) comes from Japanese 方, from Middle Chinese 方.

うちかた (Japanese): firing of a firearm or artillery

Definitions

  1. firing of a firearm or artillery

Ancestry of “うちかた”, step by step

うちかた traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 方

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese方direction, way, side; more so; person
2Middle Chinese方—

via Japanese 内

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese内inside, within; between, among; while, during,...
2Middle Chinese內—

via Japanese 打つ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese打つto hit, to beat, to strike; to hit; to type
2Japaneseうつ打つ hit, strike, beat; 討つ defeat, kill; 撃つ shoot,...
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