足袋

Noun

 * 1)  sock

Etymology 2
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Noun

 * 1)  tabi traditional Japanese socks

Etymology
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Shift in pronunciation from tanbi, the expected regular kan'on compound reading for the spelling,   which appears in the  of 938 CE.

Originally referred to a leather shoe, which could be made from a single animal hide. As footwear in Japan developed, so too did the sense of tabi. The modern sense of a split-toed sock arose from at least the late, around the late 1200s, early 1300s. However, the leather shoe sense was still in use in 1603, as evidenced by the relevant entry in the .

The shift in reading was possibly influenced by the regular kun'yomi tabi of the term, as the tabi footwear was often worn for travel.

Noun

 * 1) tabi: traditional Japanese socks with a separation between the big toe and the other toes, to allow for the thong of, , and other traditional Japanese footwear