Where does “魚釣り” come from?

魚釣り (Japanese) comes from Japanese 魚, from Middle Chinese 魚 — fish.

魚釣り (Japanese): angling: fishing with a fishing pole

Definitions

  1. angling: fishing with a fishing pole

Ancestry of “魚釣り”, step by step

魚釣り traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 魚

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese魚a fish; a fish, "especially" when used as food; a...
2Middle Chinese魚fish

via Japanese 釣り

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese釣りangling; fishing using a pole
2Japanese釣るto fish, to angle
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