Where does “脇が甘い” come from?
脇が甘い (Japanese) comes from Japanese 脇, from Old Japanese 分く.
脇が甘い (Japanese): to be vulnerable
Definitions
- to be vulnerable
Ancestry of “脇が甘い”, step by step
脇が甘い traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 脇
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 脇 | the armpit, the underarm; the underarm area of... |
| 2 | Old Japanese | 分く | — |
via Japanese が
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | が | Indicates the subject of a sentence; conjunction;... |
| 2 | Finnish | -nka | Forms nouns, mainly bird names (in dialects) and some toponyms |
via Japanese 甘い
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 甘い | sweet, sugary, mellow |