Where does “猫吸い” come from?

猫吸い (Japanese) comes from Japanese 猫, from Old Japanese ねこ.

猫吸い (Japanese): cat huffing

Definitions

  1. cat huffing

Ancestry of “猫吸い”, step by step

猫吸い traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 猫

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese猫a cat
2Old Japaneseねこ—

via Japanese 吸い

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese吸いsucking
Every word from Old Japanese ねこ →Every word from Japanese 猫 →