Where does “ズル休み” come from?

ズル休み (Japanese) comes from Japanese 休み, from Japanese 休む, from Japanese 安い — inexpensive; cheap.

ズル休み (Japanese): playing hooky, truancy

Definitions

  1. playing hooky, truancy

Ancestry of “ズル休み”, step by step

ズル休み traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 休み

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese休みrest; a break; a holiday; absence
2Japanese休むto rest, to take a break, to take a vacation
3Japanese安いinexpensive; cheap

via Japanese 狡

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese狡slyness, sly act, sly person
Every word from Japanese 安い →Every word from Japanese 休む →Every word from Japanese 休み →