Where does “積み木” come from?

積み木 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 木, from Old Japanese 木, from Proto-Japonic kəy — tree.

積み木 (Japanese): a building block children's toy

Definitions

  1. a building block children's toy

Ancestry of “積み木”, step by step

積み木 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 木

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese木a tree or shrub; wood, timber, lumber; a tree
2Old Japanese木a tree or shrub; wood, timber, lumber; Combining...
3Proto-Japonickəytree

via Japanese 積む

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese積むto pile up, to heap up, to stack up

via Japanese 積み

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese積みpiling up, heaping up, stacking up
Every word from Proto-Japonic kəy →Every word from Old Japanese 木 →Every word from Japanese 木 →