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Where does “叩き込む” come from?

叩き込む (Japanese) comes from Japanese 叩く, from Old Japanese たたく, from Proto-Japonic tataku.

Ancestry of “叩き込む”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese叩くto hit; to strike; to beat; to paddle; to...
2Old Japaneseたたく—
3Proto-Japonictataku—
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