Where does “身につける” come from?

身につける (Japanese) comes from Japanese 身, from Japanese み, from Japanese 見る, from Japanese 夢, from Old Japanese 夢, from Japanese 目, from Middle Chinese 目.

身につける (Japanese): to learn, to acquire knowledge

Definitions

to learn, to acquire knowledge

Ancestry of “身につける”, step by step

身につける traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 身

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Japanese	身	a body; a living body; a dead body, a corpse
2	Japanese	み	身 body; 実 fruit; nut; content; 霊, 神 spirit; god
3	Japanese	見る	to see, to watch, to observe, to look at...
4	Japanese	夢	a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state...
5	Old Japanese	夢	a dream
6	Japanese	目	an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger...
7	Middle Chinese	目	—

via Japanese 付ける

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Japanese	付ける	attach, affix, stick, fasten, add, add on,...
2	Japanese	付く	attach itself to, stick, stick to, adhere, adhere...

via Japanese に

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Japanese	に	particle for indirect objects; to; particle for...
2	Old Japanese	に	—

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