Where does “錫杖” come from?

錫杖 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 杖, from Middle Chinese 杖.

錫杖 (Japanese): A khakkhara; Buddhist monk's "sounding staff"

Definitions

  1. A khakkhara; Buddhist monk's "sounding staff"

Ancestry of “錫杖”, step by step

錫杖 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 杖

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese杖staff, stick, walking stick, cane, stave, strove,...
2Middle Chinese杖—

via Japanese 錫

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese錫tin, Sn; Short for 錫杖
Every word from Middle Chinese 杖 →Every word from Japanese 杖 →