Where does “巻物” come from?

巻物 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 物, from Japanese 物言い, from Japanese 物言う — to talk.

巻物 (Japanese): a scroll, a long wound-up document, painting, or...

Definitions

  1. a scroll, a long wound-up document, painting, or...

Ancestry of “巻物”, step by step

巻物 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 物

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese物thing; story, genre
2Japanese物言いa way of speaking, wording
3Japanese物言うto talk

via Japanese 巻き

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese巻きwinding; curly
2Japanese巻くroll, coil, wind up; wrap around; tighten, wind

Words derived from “巻物”

Every word from Japanese 物言う →Every word from Japanese 物言い →Every word from Japanese 物 →