Where does “物真似” come from?

物真似 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 物, from Japanese 物言い, from Japanese 物言う — to talk.

物真似 (Japanese): imitation of a person or an animal's voice or...

Definitions

物真似 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Japanese	物	thing; story, genre
2	Japanese	物言い	a way of speaking, wording
3	Japanese	物言う	to talk

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Japanese	真似	imitation; mocking; to imitate
2	Japanese	真	truth, reality; truth, reality, genuineness;...
3	Chinese	似	—