Where does “rendaku” come from?

rendaku (English) comes from Japanese 連濁, from Japanese 連, from Middle Chinese 連.

rendaku (English): In the Japanese language, a phenomenon which...

Definitions

  1. In the Japanese language, a phenomenon which...

Ancestry of “rendaku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese連濁a morphological change of an initial syllable of...
2Japanese連take along, lead, join, connect; linking,...
3Middle Chinese連—
Every word from Middle Chinese 連 →Every word from Japanese 連 →Every word from Japanese 連濁 →