Where does “浴衣” come from?
浴衣 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 湯帷子, from Japanese 湯, from Old Japanese ゆ, from Proto-Japonic *yu.
浴衣 (Japanese): a thin light garment worn for sleeping, for...
Definitions
- a thin light garment worn for sleeping, for...
Ancestry of “浴衣”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 湯帷子 | A hitoe worn during or after bathing |
| 2 | Japanese | 湯 | warm or hot water; bathwater; a hot spring |
| 3 | Old Japanese | ゆ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Japonic | *yu | — |