Where does “お鉢” come from?

お鉢 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 御, from Middle Chinese 御.

お鉢 (Japanese): a container for storing cooked rice

Definitions

  1. a container for storing cooked rice

Ancestry of “お鉢”, step by step

お鉢 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 御

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese御"indicates that the is honorific"; often used to...
2Middle Chinese御—

via Japanese 鉢

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鉢bowl, pot
2Middle Chinese缽—
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