Where does “猫騙し” come from?

猫騙し (Japanese) comes from Japanese 猫, from Old Japanese ねこ.

猫騙し (Japanese): loudly clapping hands in front of an opponent’s face to distract them at the start of a sumo match

Definitions

  1. loudly clapping hands in front of an opponent’s face to distract them at the start of a sumo match

Ancestry of “猫騙し”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese猫a cat
2Old Japaneseねこ—

Words derived from “猫騙し”

Every word from Old Japanese ねこ →Every word from Japanese 猫 →