Where does “食う” come from?

食う (Japanese) comes from Old Japanese くう, from Middle Chinese 偶.

食う (Japanese): to put something in one's mouth; to eat, to...

Definitions

  1. to put something in one's mouth; to eat, to...

Ancestry of “食う”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japaneseくう—
2Middle Chinese偶—

Words derived from “食う”

Every word from Middle Chinese 偶 →Every word from Old Japanese くう →