Where does “願い事” come from?

願い事 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 願い, from Japanese 願う, from Japanese ふ — 賦 fu; 麸, 麩 wheat bran; wheat gluten; foods made...

願い事 (Japanese): a wish; a desire

Definitions

  1. a wish; a desire

Ancestry of “願い事”, step by step

願い事 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 願い

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese願いwish; desire
2Japanese願うto wish, to hope, to desire
3Japaneseふ賦 fu; 麸, 麩 wheat bran; wheat gluten; foods made...

via Japanese 事

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese事thing, fact, event; thing; stuff; abstract thing
2Middle Chinese事—
Every word from Japanese ふ →Every word from Japanese 願う →Every word from Japanese 願い →
願い事 — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer