Where does “織物” come from?

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

織物 (Japanese): textile, fabric

Definitions

  1. textile, fabric

Ancestry of “織物”, step by step

織物 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 織り

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese織り—
Every word from Japanese 物言う →Every word from Japanese 物言い →Every word from Japanese 物 →