Where does “割り箸” come from?
割り箸 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 箸, from Japanese 嘴, from Japanese 口, from Japanese くち, from Japanese 朽ちる.
割り箸 (Japanese): "splittable chopsticks"; chopsticks in pairs that...
Definitions
- "splittable chopsticks"; chopsticks in pairs that...
Ancestry of “割り箸”, step by step
割り箸 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 箸
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 箸 | a chopstick |
| 2 | Japanese | 嘴 | a beak; a bill |
| 3 | Japanese | 口 | mouth; opening; the mouth |
| 4 | Japanese | くち | mouth |
| 5 | Japanese | 朽ちる | — |
via Japanese 割り
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 割り | ratio, proportion; a one-tenth portion; mixed... |