Where does “蝶結び” come from?

蝶結び (Japanese) comes from Japanese 蝶, from Middle Chinese 蝶.

蝶結び (Japanese): bowknot, shoelace knot type of knot with two loops

Definitions

  1. bowknot, shoelace knot type of knot with two loops

Ancestry of “蝶結び”, step by step

蝶結び traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 蝶

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese蝶a butterfly
2Middle Chinese蝶—

via Japanese 結び

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese結びa tie, a knot, a bow
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