Where does “飲み込む” come from?
飲み込む (Japanese) comes from Japanese 飲み, from Japanese 飲む — to drink, to gulp, to swallow; to eat; to smoke...
飲み込む (Japanese): to swallow; to gulp down
Definitions
- to swallow; to gulp down
Ancestry of “飲み込む”, step by step
飲み込む traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 飲み
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 飲み | drink |
| 2 | Japanese | 飲む | to drink, to gulp, to swallow; to eat; to smoke... |
via Japanese 込む
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 込む | be crowded; be complicated; go into, go in |