Where does “切手” come from?

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

切手 (Japanese): a stamp; a substitute for postage stuck to the...

Definitions

  1. a stamp; a substitute for postage stuck to the...

Ancestry of “切手”, step by step

切手 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 切符

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese切符train ticket; Used to refer to train tickets....
2Japanese切るto cut, to slice, to carve; cut down, fell, chop...
3Japanese裏切りtreachery, betrayal
4Japanese裏back; behind; other side; inside; reverse side of...

via Japanese 手形

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese手形handprint; bill, draft

Words derived from “切手”

Every word from Japanese 裏 →Every word from Japanese 切る →Every word from Japanese 裏切り →