Where does “看板娘” come from?

看板娘 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 娘, from Japanese むすめ — 娘: girl; daughter.

看板娘 (Japanese): an attractive girl or young woman who stands...

Definitions

  1. an attractive girl or young woman who stands...

Ancestry of “看板娘”, step by step

看板娘 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 娘

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese娘a daughter; Alternative spelling of 子
2Japaneseむすめ娘: girl; daughter

via Japanese 看板

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese看板signboard; feature, highlight; reputation, public...
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