Where does “貝独楽” come from?

貝独楽 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 貝, from Old Japanese かい.

貝独楽 (Japanese): a spinning top traditionally made from 巻き貝

Definitions

  1. a spinning top traditionally made from 巻き貝

Ancestry of “貝独楽”, step by step

貝独楽 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 貝

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese貝a shellfish
2Old Japaneseかい—

via Japanese 独楽

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese独楽a spinning top; a rigid object that can rotate...
2Japanese高麗indicates something that was originally imported...

Words derived from “貝独楽”

Every word from Old Japanese かい →Every word from Japanese 貝 →