Where does “刈り取る” come from?

刈り取る (Japanese) comes from Japanese 刈る — cut grass, hair or something similar by sharp...

刈り取る (Japanese): mow, cut down, reap, harvest

Definitions

  1. mow, cut down, reap, harvest

Ancestry of “刈り取る”, step by step

刈り取る traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 刈る

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese刈るcut grass, hair or something similar by sharp...

via Japanese 取る

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese取るto steal; take, pick up; to take
Every word from Japanese 刈る