Where does “蚊取り” come from?

蚊取り (Japanese) comes from Japanese 取り, from Japanese 取る — to steal; take, pick up; to take.

蚊取り (Japanese): mosquito repellent

Definitions

  1. mosquito repellent

Ancestry of “蚊取り”, step by step

蚊取り traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 取り

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese取りremover; taking, capturing; take
2Japanese取るto steal; take, pick up; to take

via Japanese 蚊

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese蚊mosquito
2Japanese屋house; shop; person who sells or does that thing;...

Words derived from “蚊取り”

Every word from Japanese 取る →Every word from Japanese 取り →
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