Where does “仕置き場” come from?
仕置き場 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 仕置き, from Japanese する, from Old Japanese す, from Proto-Japonic *su — nest.
仕置き場 (Japanese): an execution ground, a place of death penalty
Definitions
- an execution ground, a place of death penalty
Ancestry of “仕置き場”, step by step
仕置き場 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 仕置き
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 仕置き | a means of dealing with or disposing of... |
| 2 | Japanese | する | to exist; to come up; to exist; to be worth; to... |
| 3 | Old Japanese | す | to do; to happen, occur; to be in a state of... |
| 4 | Proto-Japonic | *su | nest |
via Japanese 場
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 場 | a place; a field; a flattened area used for... |
| 2 | Old Japanese | 庭 | garden; ground; place where something is done;... |