Where does “食い” come from?

食い (Japanese) comes from Japanese 鯎, from Japanese 鵜 — a cormorant.

食い (Japanese): eating, grubbing up; bite

Definitions

  1. eating, grubbing up; bite

Ancestry of “食い”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鯎the Japanese dace, also known as the big-scaled...
2Japanese鵜a cormorant

Words derived from “食い”

Every word from Japanese 鵜 →Every word from Japanese 鯎 →