Website for learning Japanese Etymology?

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I personally use Wiktionnary.

Here’s what I found about ハサミ: 鋏 - Wiktionary
But why you saw it in katakana? It does not say so :upside_down_face:

I really enjoy that script for semantic-phonetic composition: [Userscript] Keisei 形声 Semantic-Phonetic Composition

Hopefully someone has something more useful :slight_smile:

Edit: Clicked the wrong “Reply” button again :see_no_evil:

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