Where does “左手” come from?

左手 (Old Japanese) comes from Old Japanese 手.

左手 (Old Japanese): the left hand

Definitions

  1. the left hand

Ancestry of “左手”, step by step

左手 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Japanese 手

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japanese手—

via Old Japanese 左

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japanese左—

Words derived from “左手”

Every word from Old Japanese 手 →