問屋

Japanese
Kanji in this term
問 屋
Grade: 3 Grade: 3

Etymology 1

/tohiya/: [topiya] > [toɸiya] > [towiya] > [toiya]. The adverbial of 問ふ (tohu, “ask”) /tohi/ and 屋 (ya, “store”).

Noun

問屋(といや) • (toiya) ←とひや (tofya)?

  1. a place for merchants to sleep
    • 1597: Ekirin Setsuyōshū (page 39)
      問屋 (トヒヤ) 商人宿
  2. a wholesaler; also, such a store

Etymology 2

From toiya.

Noun

問屋(とんや) • (ton'ya) 

  1. a wholesaler; also, such a store

References
  • Fukkoku Nihon Koten Zenshū: Setsuyōshū, Tōkyō: Gendai Shichō Shinsha, 2006 [1597], →ISBN
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