Where does “お邪魔します” come from?

お邪魔します (Japanese) comes from Japanese する, from Old Japanese す, from Proto-Japonic *su — nest.

お邪魔します (Japanese): hello, sorry for any trouble

Definitions

  1. hello, sorry for any trouble

Ancestry of “お邪魔します”, step by step

お邪魔します traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese する

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseするto exist; to come up; to exist; to be worth; to...
2Old Japaneseすto do; to happen, occur; to be in a state of...
3Proto-Japonic*sunest

via Japanese お

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseお諾 yes, alright, okay; オ a sign used in some...
2Middle Chinese惡—
Every word from Proto-Japonic *su →Every word from Old Japanese す →Every word from Japanese する →