Where does “初絡み” come from?

初絡み (Japanese) comes from Japanese 初, from Middle Chinese 初.

初絡み (Japanese): first involvement (with someone)

Definitions

  1. first involvement (with someone)

Ancestry of “初絡み”, step by step

初絡み traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 初

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese初the first..., initial..., new.; a first, start, a...
2Middle Chinese初—

via Japanese 絡み

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese絡みinvolvement, entanglement
2Japanese絡むto become entangled with
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