Where does “切れ目” come from?

切れ目 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 目, from Middle Chinese 目.

切れ目 (Japanese): rift, gap, break; end, pause, interval

Definitions

  1. rift, gap, break; end, pause, interval

Ancestry of “切れ目”, step by step

切れ目 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 目

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese目an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger...
2Middle Chinese目—

via Japanese 切れる

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese切れるbe cut off, break, snap, burst, collapse; be cut,...
Every word from Middle Chinese 目 →Every word from Japanese 目 →