English
gyotaku
Gyotaku comes from Japanese 魚拓, and goes back to Middle Chinese 魚 ‘fish’.
- Middle Chinesec. 500–1000魚ngjo‘fish’
- Japanesemodern魚拓gyotaku, ぎょたく
- Englishearliest quotation 2007gyotaku
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Chinesec. 500–1000魚ngjo‘fish’
- Japanesemodern魚拓gyotaku, ぎょたく
- Englishearliest quotation 2007gyotaku
Earliest quotation: 2007, Brett Martin, First a Hook, Then Ink: An Artist’s Catch: “In Japan the tradition of fish printing, or gyotaku,…”
Every English word from Middle Chinese 魚
Today it means
noun Traditional Japanese fish printing.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle Chinese 魚 / gyotaku