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
- In the Japanese language, a phenomenon which...
Ancestry of “rendaku”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 連濁 | a morphological change of an initial syllable of... |
| 2 | Japanese | 連 | take along, lead, join, connect; linking,... |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 連 | — |