Where does “麻笥” come from?

麻笥 (Japanese) comes from Old Japanese 麻 — hemp or ramie plant.

麻笥 (Japanese): Alternative form of 桶 a tub, a bucket, a basin

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of 桶 a tub, a bucket, a basin

Ancestry of “麻笥”, step by step

麻笥 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Japanese 麻

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japanese麻hemp or ramie plant

via Old Japanese 笥

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japanese笥—
Every word from Old Japanese 麻 →