Where does “業を沸かす” come from?

業を沸かす (Japanese) comes from Japanese 業, from Japanese なり, from Japanese に, from Old Japanese に.

業を沸かす (Japanese): to lose one's temper, to fly off the handle

Definitions

  1. to lose one's temper, to fly off the handle

Ancestry of “業を沸かす”, step by step

業を沸かす traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesework, task, business: the job at hand;...
2Japaneseなりc. late 9th–mid-10th century, Taketori...
3Japaneseparticle for indirect objects; to; particle for...
4Old Japanese

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JapaneseA case particle; A conjunctive particle, usually...
2Proto-Japonicwoaccusative marker; away from, off

via Japanese 沸かす

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese沸かす
Every word from Old Japanese Every word from Japanese Every word from Japanese なり