Where does “止めを刺す” come from?
止めを刺す (Japanese) comes from Japanese 止め, from Japanese 連用形, from Japanese 見る, from Japanese 夢, from Old Japanese 夢, from Japanese 目, from Middle Chinese 目.
止めを刺す (Japanese): finish off, deliver the final blow (so to ensure (something) is dead)
Definitions
- finish off, deliver the final blow (so to ensure (something) is dead)
Ancestry of “止めを刺す”, step by step
止めを刺す traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 止め
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 止め | stopping |
| 2 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 4 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 5 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 6 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 7 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |
via Japanese を
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | を | A case particle; A conjunctive particle, usually... |
| 2 | Proto-Japonic | wo | accusative marker; away from, off |
via Japanese 刺す
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 刺す | pierce; stab; stick; sting; bite; cause a sharp... |