Where does “鶯張り” come from?
鶯張り (Japanese) comes from Japanese 鶯, from Japanese す, from Old Japanese す, from Proto-Japonic *su — nest.
鶯張り (Japanese): nightingale floor
Ancestry of “鶯張り”, step by step
鶯張り traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 鶯
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 鶯 | Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale |
| 2 | Japanese | す | to do; 巣 nest, hive, den; 酢 vinegar |
| 3 | Old Japanese | す | to do; to happen, occur; to be in a state of... |
| 4 | Proto-Japonic | *su | nest |
via Japanese 張り
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 張り | stretching |
| 2 | Japanese | 張る | spread, fill; swell; put up, spread |