Where does “土人形” come from?

土人形 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 人形, from Japanese 人, from Proto-Japonic *pitə — one.

土人形 (Japanese): a clay doll; a clay figurine

Definitions

  1. a clay doll; a clay figurine

Ancestry of “土人形”, step by step

土人形 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 人形

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese人形doll; puppet; a picture of someone's appearance;...
2Japanese人a person, human; an individual; mankind, people
3Proto-Japonic*pitəone

via Japanese 土

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese土earth, soil, mud
2Middle Chinese土—
Every word from Proto-Japonic *pitə →Every word from Japanese 人 →Every word from Japanese 人形 →