Where does “土偶” come from?

土偶 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 土, from Middle Chinese 土.

土偶 (Japanese): clay figurine, one of the Jōmon (縄文) period

Definitions

  1. clay figurine, one of the Jōmon (縄文) period

Ancestry of “土偶”, step by step

土偶 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseearth, soil, mud
2Middle Chinese

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseoccasional; rarity; unexpectedly, by chance;...
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