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
Ancestry of “守り”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 守る | to stand watch over something, to be on the... |
| 2 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |