Where does “算盤” come from?

算盤 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 唐音, from Japanese 唐, from Japanese 伽羅, from Sanskrit कालागुरु.

算盤 (Japanese): abacus

Definitions

  1. abacus

Ancestry of “算盤”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese唐音Tang reading of Chinese characters, Tō-on; a...
2Japanese唐foreign lands in general; element in compounds,...
3Japanese伽羅the Gaya confederacy: a grouping of smaller states on the southern end of the Korean peninsula, roughly dating to 42-532
4Sanskritकालागुरु—

Words derived from “算盤”

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