Where does “そりゃあ” come from?
そりゃあ (Japanese) comes from Japanese だ, from Japanese である, from Japanese で, from Japanese ぜ, from Japanese ぞえ, from Japanese え, from Middle Chinese 衣.
そりゃあ (Japanese): that's
Definitions
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Ancestry of “そりゃあ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | だ | Following parts of speech that do not inflect by... |
| 2 | Japanese | である | To be: the copula, with the same function as だ and its polite form です |
| 3 | Japanese | で | at; with, by, using; indicating the following... |
| 4 | Japanese | ぜ | sentence-ending particle signifying emphasis,... |
| 5 | Japanese | ぞえ | sentence-ending particle signifying emphasis, used to lightly press one's point, with affectionate overtones |
| 6 | Japanese | え | Alternative form of い |
| 7 | Middle Chinese | 衣 | — |