Where does “からかさ” come from?

からかさ (Japanese) comes from Japanese 唐, from Japanese 伽羅, from Sanskrit कालागुरु.

からかさ (Japanese): oil-paper umbrella; Japanese-style umbrella

Definitions

  1. oil-paper umbrella; Japanese-style umbrella

Ancestry of “からかさ”, step by step

からかさ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 唐

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese唐foreign lands in general; element in compounds,...
2Japanese伽羅the Gaya confederacy: a grouping of smaller states on the southern end of the Korean peninsula, roughly dating to 42-532
3Sanskritकालागुरु—

via Japanese 傘

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese傘umbrella; bell; umbrella
2Middle Chinese傘—
Every word from Sanskrit कालागुरु →Every word from Japanese 伽羅 →Every word from Japanese 唐 →