Where does “守り” come from?

守り (Japanese) comes from Japanese 守る, from Japanese 目, from Middle Chinese 目.

守り (Japanese): defense, protection

Definitions

  1. defense, protection

Ancestry of “守り”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese守るto stand watch over something, to be on the...
2Japanese目an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger...
3Middle Chinese目—

Words derived from “守り”

Every word from Middle Chinese 目 →Every word from Japanese 目 →Every word from Japanese 守る →