Where does “丹塗り” come from?

丹塗り (Japanese) comes from Japanese 丹, from Old Japanese 丹.

丹塗り (Japanese): the act of painting something vermillion or...

Definitions

  1. the act of painting something vermillion or...

Ancestry of “丹塗り”, step by step

丹塗り traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 丹

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese丹the color red; red earth; cinnabar
2Old Japanese丹—

via Japanese 塗り

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese塗りsmearing or spreading onto something; painting
Every word from Old Japanese 丹 →Every word from Japanese 丹 →