Where does “絡繰り人形” come from?

絡繰り人形 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 人形, from Japanese 人, from Proto-Japonic *pitə — one.

絡繰り人形 (Japanese): mechanical doll

Definitions

  1. mechanical doll

Ancestry of “絡繰り人形”, step by step

絡繰り人形 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 人形

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese人形doll; puppet; a picture of someone's appearance;...
2Japanese人a person, human; an individual; mankind, people
3Proto-Japonic*pitəone

via Japanese 絡繰り

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese絡繰りmechanism, contraption
Every word from Proto-Japonic *pitə →Every word from Japanese 人 →Every word from Japanese 人形 →