Where does “そらごと” come from?

そらごと (Japanese) comes from Japanese 空, from Middle Chinese 空.

そらごと (Japanese): lie; falsehood

Definitions

  1. lie; falsehood

Ancestry of “そらごと”, step by step

そらごと traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 空

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese空the sky; something empty; ineffectual
2Middle Chinese空—

via Japanese 言

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese言word; parole
2Middle Chinese言—

via Japanese 事

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese事thing, fact, event; thing; stuff; abstract thing
2Middle Chinese事—
Every word from Middle Chinese 空 →Every word from Japanese 空 →