Where does “麻物” come from?

麻物 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 物, from Japanese 物言い, from Japanese 物言う — to talk.

麻物 (Japanese): a rope or cord made from hemp or ramie fibers

Definitions

  1. a rope or cord made from hemp or ramie fibers

Ancestry of “麻物”, step by step

麻物 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 物

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese物thing; story, genre
2Japanese物言いa way of speaking, wording
3Japanese物言うto talk

via Japanese 麻

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese麻hemp; flax; linen
2Old Japanese麻hemp or ramie plant
Every word from Japanese 物言う →Every word from Japanese 物言い →Every word from Japanese 物 →