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Where does “侍う” come from?

侍う (Japanese) comes from Japanese 守らう, from Japanese 守ら.

侍う (Japanese): to wait for a chance; to serve by one's side; to...

Definitions

  1. to wait for a chance; to serve by one's side; to...

Ancestry of “侍う”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese守らうto be watching continuously, to be on watch...
2Japanese守ら—
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