Where does “偽る” come from?

偽る (Japanese) comes from Japanese 空, from Middle Chinese 空.

偽る (Japanese): disguise, cheat, falsify

Definitions

  1. disguise, cheat, falsify

Ancestry of “偽る”, step by step

偽る traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 空

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese空the sky; something empty; ineffectual
2Middle Chinese空—

via Japanese 張る

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese張るspread, fill; swell; put up, spread
Every word from Middle Chinese 空 →Every word from Japanese 空 →