Where does “息を引き取る” come from?

息を引き取る (Japanese) comes from Japanese を, from Proto-Japonic wo — accusative marker; away from, off.

息を引き取る (Japanese): to die

Definitions

  1. to die

Ancestry of “息を引き取る”, step by step

息を引き取る traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese を

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JapaneseをA case particle; A conjunctive particle, usually...
2Proto-Japonicwoaccusative marker; away from, off

via Japanese 息

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese息to stop, to cease; breath, breathing
2Japaneseいきづまるto be breathtaking
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