Where does “手荷物” come from?

手荷物 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 手, from Middle Chinese 手.

手荷物 (Japanese): luggage, hand luggage, baggage

Definitions

  1. luggage, hand luggage, baggage

Ancestry of “手荷物”, step by step

手荷物 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 荷物

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese荷物baggage, luggage
Every word from Middle Chinese 手 →Every word from Japanese 手 →