Where does “切り捨てる” come from?

切り捨てる (Japanese) comes from Japanese 切る, from Japanese 裏切り, from Japanese 裏 — back; behind; other side; inside; reverse side of...

切り捨てる (Japanese): to cut off and throw away; to omit

Definitions

  1. to cut off and throw away; to omit

Ancestry of “切り捨てる”, step by step

切り捨てる traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 切る

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese切るto cut, to slice, to carve; cut down, fell, chop...
2Japanese裏切りtreachery, betrayal
3Japanese裏back; behind; other side; inside; reverse side of...

via Japanese 捨てる

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese捨てるto throw away; to abandon; to desert; to jilt
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