Where does “飯櫃” come from?

飯櫃 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 飯, from Japanese 召す — call, summon; eat; wear.

飯櫃 (Japanese): a rice tub: a traditional wooden and hooped tub for holding cooked grain (usually rice)

Definitions

  1. a rice tub: a traditional wooden and hooped tub for holding cooked grain (usually rice)

Ancestry of “飯櫃”, step by step

飯櫃 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 飯

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese飯cooked grains, "especially" cooked rice; a meal
2Japanese召すcall, summon; eat; wear

via Japanese 櫃

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese櫃chest; 御櫃 a round container for cooked rice
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