Where does “手を上げる” come from?

手を上げる (Japanese) comes from Japanese 手, from Middle Chinese 手.

手を上げる (Japanese): to raise one's hand or hands

Definitions

  1. to raise one's hand or hands

Ancestry of “手を上げる”, step by step

手を上げる traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 手

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese手a hand; a handle, grip; a paw, foreleg
2Middle Chinese手—

via Japanese を

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