Where does “いいね” come from?

いいね (Japanese) comes from Japanese 言い, from Japanese 言う, from Proto-Japonic ipu.

いいね (Japanese): like

Definitions

  1. like

Ancestry of “いいね”, step by step

いいね traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 言い

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese言い—
2Japanese言うto say, to tell somebody; to call, to name, to...
3Proto-Japonicipu—

via Japanese 値

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese値value; be deserving, be worthy; price
2Japanese能う—

via Japanese ね

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseねemphasis and question marker particle; asks for...
Every word from Proto-Japonic ipu →Every word from Japanese 言う →Every word from Japanese 言い →