Where does “手巻き” come from?

手巻き (Japanese) comes from Japanese 手, from Middle Chinese 手.

手巻き (Japanese): winding by hand; rolling by hand

Definitions

  1. winding by hand; rolling by hand

Ancestry of “手巻き”, step by step

手巻き 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 巻き

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

Words derived from “手巻き”

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