English
kotatsu
Kotatsu comes from Japanese 炬燵 ‘a kotatsu, a low table with a blanket covering…’.
- Japanesemodern炬燵kotatsu‘a kotatsu, a low table with a blanket covering the sides, with or over a heater’
- Englishearliest quotation 2012kotatsu
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Japanesemodern炬燵kotatsu‘a kotatsu, a low table with a blanket covering the sides, with or over a heater’
- Englishearliest quotation 2012kotatsu
Earliest quotation: 2012, summer, Fiction: An end to hope: “I dreamed my way through cold winters with my…”
Every English word from Japanese 炬燵
Today it means
noun A knee-high table with a heater inside which is used with a coverlet during winter.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Japanese 炬燵 / kotatsu