Where does “お八つ” come from?
お八つ (Japanese) comes from Japanese 八, from Middle Chinese 八.
お八つ (Japanese): in the old timekeeping system, the period of...
Definitions
- in the old timekeeping system, the period of...
Ancestry of “お八つ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 八 | eight, 8; eight; Short for 八の字 |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 八 | — |