Where does “櫓” come from?
櫓 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 矢, from Old Japanese や.
櫓 (Japanese): watchtower, turret
Ancestry of “櫓”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 矢 | an arrow; a wedge used to break hard objects such... |
| 2 | Old Japanese | や | — |