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
Ancestry of “算盤”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 唐音 | Tang reading of Chinese characters, Tō-on; a... |
| 2 | Japanese | 唐 | foreign lands in general; element in compounds,... |
| 3 | Japanese | 伽羅 | Short for 伽羅木 : a Japanese yew variety, Taxus... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | कालागुरु | — |