Where does “草刈り” come from?

草刈り (Japanese) comes from Japanese 草, from Middle Chinese 草.

草刈り (Japanese): mowing, mower

Definitions

  1. mowing, mower

Ancestry of “草刈り”, step by step

草刈り traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 草

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese草grass; a weed; a herb
2Middle Chinese草—

via Japanese 刈り

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese刈り—
Every word from Middle Chinese 草 →Every word from Japanese 草 →