Where does “電話を切る” come from?

電話を切る (Japanese) comes from Japanese 切る, from Japanese 裏切り, from Japanese 裏 — back; behind; other side; inside; reverse side of...

電話を切る (Japanese): to hang up, to terminate a phonecall

Definitions

  1. to hang up, to terminate a phonecall

Ancestry of “電話を切る”, step by step

電話を切る traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 切る

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese切るto cut, to slice, to carve; cut down, fell, chop...
2Japanese裏切りtreachery, betrayal
3Japanese裏back; behind; other side; inside; reverse side of...

via Japanese 電話

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese電話telephone; telephone call; phone call; call; to...
2Japanese電lightning
3Middle Chinese電—

via Japanese を

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JapaneseをA case particle; A conjunctive particle, usually...
2Proto-Japonicwoaccusative marker; away from, off
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