Where does “お休み” come from?

お休み (Japanese) comes from Japanese お休みなさい, from Japanese なさい, from Japanese 為さる, from Japanese 為す — to do.

お休み (Japanese): sleep, rest; a day off, absence, a holiday; Short...

Definitions

  1. sleep, rest; a day off, absence, a holiday; Short...

Ancestry of “お休み”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseお休みなさいgood night
2Japaneseなさいcombines with the verb stem to create an...
3Japanese為さる—
4Japanese為すto do
Every word from Japanese 為す →Every word from Japanese 為さる →Every word from Japanese なさい →