Where does “生ける” come from?

生ける (Japanese) comes from Japanese 生き, from Japanese 生く — to live; to exist; to keep alive; to grow or...

生ける (Japanese): to put or arrange in a vase; to have life, to be...

Definitions

  1. to put or arrange in a vase; to have life, to be...

Ancestry of “生ける”, step by step

生ける traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 生き

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese生きliving; life, living; freshness
2Japanese生くto live; to exist; to keep alive; to grow or...

via Japanese ある

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseある有る, 在る to exist; 有る, 在る to happen
2Japaneseあり有り existing; 蟻 ant

Words derived from “生ける”

Every word from Japanese 生く →Every word from Japanese 生き →