Where does “一塁” come from?

一塁 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 一, from Japanese 始め, from Japanese 始める — begin; start; initiate; originate.

一塁 (Japanese): first base

Definitions

  1. first base

Ancestry of “一塁”, step by step

一塁 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 一

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese一one, 1; "term relating to the number one"; unity
2Japanese始めbeginning, the start of an activity or time...
3Japanese始めるbegin; start; initiate; originate

via Japanese 塁

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese塁base
2Middle Chinese壘—
Every word from Japanese 始める →Every word from Japanese 始め →Every word from Japanese 一 →