Where does “鴨る” come from?

鴨る (Japanese) comes from Japanese 鴨, from Japanese 家鴨, from Middle Chinese かおう.

鴨る (Japanese): “to make a duck of someone”: to skillfully or...

Definitions

  1. “to make a duck of someone”: to skillfully or...

Ancestry of “鴨る”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鴨a duck; a mark or easy target for a swindle,...
2Japanese家鴨a domestic duck; a woman who is short and has a...
3Middle Chineseかおう—
Every word from Middle Chinese かおう →Every word from Japanese 家鴨 →Every word from Japanese 鴨 →