Where does “世話” come from?
世話 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 忙しい, from Japanese 急ぐ, from Old Japanese いそぐ.
世話 (Japanese): care, looking after, help, favor
Definitions
- care, looking after, help, favor
Ancestry of “世話”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 忙しい | busy; restless, fidgety; busy, hurried |
| 2 | Japanese | 急ぐ | to hurry up; to hasten; to rush, in order to get... |
| 3 | Old Japanese | いそぐ | — |