Where does “それ” come from?
それ (Japanese) comes from Japanese れ, from Old Japanese れ.
それ (Japanese): that one near you; the one we are talking about;...
Definitions
- that one near you; the one we are talking about;...
Ancestry of “それ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | れ | nominalizing suffix used to form pronouns, often... |
| 2 | Old Japanese | れ | — |