Where does “ぜ” come from?
ぜ (Japanese) comes from Japanese ぞえ, from Japanese え, from Middle Chinese 衣.
ぜ (Japanese): sentence-ending particle signifying emphasis,...
Definitions
- sentence-ending particle signifying emphasis,...
Ancestry of “ぜ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | ぞえ | — |
| 2 | Japanese | え | Alternative form of い |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 衣 | — |