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 土

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese土earth, soil, mud
2Middle Chinese土—

via Japanese 偶

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese偶occasional; rarity; unexpectedly, by chance;...
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