Where does “たまけり” come from?

たまけり (Japanese) comes from Japanese 金玉, from Japanese 玉, from Middle Chinese 玉.

たまけり (Japanese): kicking testicles

Definitions

  1. kicking testicles

Ancestry of “たまけり”, step by step

たまけり traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 金玉

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese金玉gold and jade
2Japanese玉"any spherical or similarly-rounded object"; a...
3Middle Chinese玉—

via Japanese 蹴り

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese蹴り—
Every word from Middle Chinese 玉 →Every word from Japanese 玉 →Every word from Japanese 金玉 →