Where does “尻取り” come from?

尻取り (Japanese) comes from Japanese 取り, from Japanese 取る — to steal; take, pick up; to take.

尻取り (Japanese): A Japanese word game wherein each player must...

Definitions

  1. A Japanese word game wherein each player must...

Ancestry of “尻取り”, step by step

尻取り traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 取り

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese取りremover; taking, capturing; take
2Japanese取るto steal; take, pick up; to take

via Japanese 尻

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese尻behind; the end; the rear portion of the body;...
2Old Japanese尻—
Every word from Japanese 取る →Every word from Japanese 取り →