Where does “支障をきたす” come from?

支障をきたす (Japanese) comes from Japanese きたす, from Japanese 来る, from Japanese 来, from Middle Chinese 來.

支障をきたす (Japanese): to obstruct, to hinder

Definitions

  1. to obstruct, to hinder

Ancestry of “支障をきたす”, step by step

支障をきたす traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese きたす

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseきたすto bring about
2Japanese来るTo come; To come, to arrive
3Japanese来next, coming; since, in; to approach one's...
4Middle Chinese來—

via Japanese を

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JapaneseをA case particle; A conjunctive particle, usually...
2Proto-Japonicwoaccusative marker; away from, off
Every word from Middle Chinese 來 →Every word from Japanese 来 →Every word from Japanese 来る →