Where does “お仕置き” come from?

お仕置き (Japanese) comes from Japanese 仕置き, from Japanese する, from Old Japanese す, from Proto-Japonic *su — nest.

お仕置き (Japanese): a punishment, especially a criminal one during the Edo period

Definitions

  1. a punishment, especially a criminal one during the Edo period

Ancestry of “お仕置き”, step by step

お仕置き traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 仕置き

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese仕置きa means of dealing with or disposing of...
2Japaneseするto exist; to come up; to exist; to be worth; to...
3Old Japaneseすto do; to happen, occur; to be in a state of...
4Proto-Japonic*sunest

via Japanese 御

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese御"indicates that the is honorific"; often used to...
2Middle Chinese御—
Every word from Proto-Japonic *su →Every word from Old Japanese す →Every word from Japanese する →