The story
- Japanese · derived from搗“pounding”
- Japanese · derived from餅
- Japanese · borrowed from餅搗き“pounding mochi”
- English todaymochitsuki
From Japanese 餅搗き (もちつき, mochitsuki, “pounding mochi”), from Japanese 餅 (もち, mochi) + Japanese 搗 (つく, tsuku, “pounding”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.