Where does “縁起物” come from?

縁起物 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 物, from Japanese 物言い, from Japanese 物言う — to talk.

縁起物 (Japanese): a talisman, a lucky charm

Definitions

  1. a talisman, a lucky charm

Ancestry of “縁起物”, step by step

縁起物 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 物

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese物thing; story, genre
2Japanese物言いa way of speaking, wording
3Japanese物言うto talk

via Japanese 縁起

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese縁起an omen; a cause of something, an origin, a...
Every word from Japanese 物言う →Every word from Japanese 物言い →Every word from Japanese 物 →