Where does “千切る” come from?
千切る (Japanese) comes from Japanese 千, from Middle Chinese 千, from Old Chinese 千.
千切る (Japanese): to tear up; to tear to pieces
Definitions
- to tear up; to tear to pieces
Ancestry of “千切る”, step by step
千切る traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 千
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 千 | a thousand, 1000 |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 千 | — |
| 3 | Old Chinese | 千 | — |
via Japanese 切る
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 切る | to cut, to slice, to carve; cut down, fell, chop... |
| 2 | Japanese | 裏切り | treachery, betrayal |
| 3 | Japanese | 裏 | back; behind; other side; inside; reverse side of... |