Where does “吃” come from?

吃 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 泣き, from Japanese 泣く, from Japanese 音, from Middle Chinese 音.

吃 (Japanese): stammering, stuttering

Definitions

  1. stammering, stuttering

Ancestry of “吃”, step by step

吃 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 泣き

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese泣きcrying
2Japanese泣くto cry; to weep; to sob; to howl; to grieve over...
3Japanese音sound
4Middle Chinese音—

via Japanese 儘

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese儘the same, unchanged state, state as it is
2Translingual随—

via Chinese Mandarin 吃

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese Mandarin吃—

Words derived from “吃”

Every word from Middle Chinese 音 →Every word from Japanese 音 →Every word from Japanese 泣く →