Where does “足掻く” come from?

足掻く (Japanese) comes from Japanese 足, from Old Japanese 足.

足掻く (Japanese): to paw at the ground, to struggle

Definitions

  1. to paw at the ground, to struggle

Ancestry of “足掻く”, step by step

足掻く traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 足

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese足foot; 脚 leg
2Old Japanese足—

via Japanese 掻く

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese掻くto scratch; Dummy verb for various nouns
2Proto-TurkicKAk-to hit, knock, tear

Words derived from “足掻く”

Every word from Old Japanese 足 →Every word from Japanese 足 →