Where does “轍を踏む” come from?

轍を踏む (Japanese) comes from Japanese 轍, from Middle Chinese 轍.

轍を踏む (Japanese): make the same mistake that someone else did

Definitions

  1. make the same mistake that someone else did

Ancestry of “轍を踏む”, step by step

轍を踏む traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 轍

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese轍a wheel furrow, track, or rut; another person's...
2Middle Chinese轍—

via Japanese 踏む

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese踏むstep; experience, go through; estimate
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