Where does “座り込む” come from?

座り込む (Japanese) comes from Japanese 込む — be crowded; be complicated; go into, go in.

座り込む (Japanese): to sit down heavily

Definitions

  1. to sit down heavily

Ancestry of “座り込む”, step by step

座り込む traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 込む

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese込むbe crowded; be complicated; go into, go in

via Japanese 座る

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese座るto sit, to have a seat
Every word from Japanese 込む