Where does “眼張る” come from?

眼張る (Japanese) comes from Japanese 我に張る, from Japanese 我, from Old Japanese 我, from Old Japanese れ — nominalizing suffix used to form pronouns, often from demonstratives: one, thing.

眼張る (Japanese): to keep watch on something, to stare at something

Definitions

  1. to keep watch on something, to stare at something

Ancestry of “眼張る”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese我に張るto stick to one's beliefs
2Japanese我first person singular pronoun: I, me, oneself;...
3Old Japanese我first-person personal pronoun: I, me;...
4Old Japaneseれnominalizing suffix used to form pronouns, often from demonstratives: one, thing

Words derived from “眼張る”

Every word from Old Japanese れ →Every word from Old Japanese 我 →Every word from Japanese 我 →