Where does “染みを付ける” come from?

染みを付ける (Japanese) comes from Japanese 付ける, from Japanese 付く — attach itself to, stick, stick to, adhere, adhere...

染みを付ける (Japanese): stain, blot, smudge

Definitions

  1. stain, blot, smudge

Ancestry of “染みを付ける”, step by step

染みを付ける traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 付ける

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese付けるattach, affix, stick, fasten, add, add on,...
2Japanese付くattach itself to, stick, stick to, adhere, adhere...

via Japanese 染み

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese染みa stain; a liver spot, freckle, blemish
2Japanese染みるto soak in, to soak into
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