Where does “い段” come from?
い段 (Japanese) comes from Japanese い, from Japanese や, from Japanese じゃ, from Japanese である, from Japanese で, from Japanese ぜ, from Japanese ぞえ, from Japanese え.
い段 (Japanese): the second and second-highest-graded column of the 五十音図, consisting of the nine kana い/イ, き/キ, し/シ, ち/チ, に/ニ, ひ/ヒ, み/ミ, り/リ and ゐ/ヰ, and sometimes additionally 𛀆/𛄠
Definitions
- the second and second-highest-graded column of the 五十音図, consisting of the nine kana い/イ, き/キ, し/シ, ち/チ, に/ニ, ひ/ヒ, み/ミ, り/リ and ゐ/ヰ, and sometimes additionally 𛀆/𛄠
Ancestry of “い段”, step by step
い段 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese い
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | い | Used in compounds with certain sentence-ending... |
| 2 | Japanese | や | and/or; is, are; Alternative form of いや |
| 3 | Japanese | じゃ | so, then—used for connecting to a reasonable... |
| 4 | Japanese | である | To be: the copula, with the same function as だ and its polite form です |
| 5 | Japanese | で | at; with, by, using; indicating the following... |
| 6 | Japanese | ぜ | sentence-ending particle signifying emphasis,... |
| 7 | Japanese | ぞえ | sentence-ending particle signifying emphasis, used to lightly press one's point, with affectionate overtones |
| 8 | Japanese | え | Alternative form of い |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 衣 | — |