Where does “行き当たる” come from?

行き当たる (Japanese) comes from Japanese 行き, from Japanese いきづまる — to be breathtaking.

行き当たる (Japanese): run into, hit, strike

Definitions

  1. run into, hit, strike

Ancestry of “行き当たる”, step by step

行き当たる traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 行き

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese行きgoing
2Japaneseいきづまるto be breathtaking

via Japanese 当たる

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese当たるhit; win; be correct, be exactly right
Every word from Japanese いきづまる →Every word from Japanese 行き →