Where does “手並み” come from?

手並み (Japanese) comes from Japanese 手, from Middle Chinese 手.

手並み (Japanese): skill, ability

Definitions

  1. skill, ability

Ancestry of “手並み”, step by step

手並み 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 並み

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese並み—

Words derived from “手並み”

Every word from Middle Chinese 手 →Every word from Japanese 手 →