Where does “た” come from?
た (Japanese) comes from Japanese たる, from Japanese たり, from Japanese と, from Old Japanese と, from Proto-Japonic tə, from Proto-Uralic tä — that.
た (Japanese): indicates a past or completed action; indicates...
Definitions
- indicates a past or completed action; indicates...
Ancestry of “た”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | たる | 垂 waterfall; 樽 barrel; 足る be enough |
| 2 | Japanese | たり | used to list actions or states, possibly implying the existence of other similar actions or states |
| 3 | Japanese | と | with; and; a particle following a phrase or... |
| 4 | Old Japanese | と | — |
| 5 | Proto-Japonic | tə | place |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | tä | that |