Where does “筆下ろし” come from?

筆下ろし (Japanese) comes from Japanese 筆, from Japanese 文, from Middle Chinese 文.

筆下ろし (Japanese): first time using a brush

Definitions

  1. first time using a brush

Ancestry of “筆下ろし”, step by step

筆下ろし traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 筆

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese筆a writing brush, a painting brush, a pen;...
2Japanese文the mon, an old currency; a unit of length for...
3Middle Chinese文—

via Japanese 下ろし

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese下ろし—
Every word from Middle Chinese 文 →Every word from Japanese 文 →Every word from Japanese 筆 →