Where does “枕詞” come from?

枕詞 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 詞, from Japanese 自動詞, from Japanese 自動 — automatic movement, automatic functioning;...

枕詞 (Japanese): a pillow word, an epithet, specifically a poetic...

Definitions

  1. a pillow word, an epithet, specifically a poetic...

Ancestry of “枕詞”, step by step

枕詞 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 詞

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese詞word; word; part of speech
2Japanese自動詞intransitive verb
3Japanese自動automatic movement, automatic functioning;...

via Japanese 枕

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese枕pillow

Words derived from “枕詞”

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