Where does “そよ吹く” come from?

そよ吹く (Japanese) comes from Japanese 吹く — to blow, of wind to move, to cause air to move.

そよ吹く (Japanese): to blow gently

Definitions

  1. to blow gently

Ancestry of “そよ吹く”, step by step

そよ吹く traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 吹く

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese吹くto blow, of wind to move, to cause air to move

via Japanese そよそよ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseそよそよsoftly, gently
Every word from Japanese 吹く