Where does “頭が切れる” come from?
頭が切れる (Japanese) comes from Japanese 頭, from Japanese ど- — super-.
頭が切れる (Japanese): to be sharp; to be keen; to be on the ball; to have a mind like a steel trap; to be clever
Definitions
- to be sharp; to be keen; to be on the ball; to have a mind like a steel trap; to be clever
Ancestry of “頭が切れる”, step by step
頭が切れる traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 頭
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 頭 | head; the fontanelle part of the skull; the head... |
| 2 | Japanese | ど- | super- |
via Japanese が
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | が | Indicates the subject of a sentence; conjunction;... |
| 2 | Finnish | -nka | Forms nouns, mainly bird names (in dialects) and some toponyms |
via Japanese 切れる
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 切れる | be cut off, break, snap, burst, collapse; be cut,... |