Where does “ちょっと” come from?

ちょっと (Japanese) comes from Japanese ちっと, from Japanese ちと, from Japanese と, from Old Japanese と, from Proto-Japonic tə, from Proto-Uralic tä — that.

ちょっと (Japanese): slightly, a little, a bit, somewhat; an indirect...

Definitions

  1. slightly, a little, a bit, somewhat; an indirect...

Ancestry of “ちょっと”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseちっとslightly, somewhat, a bit
2Japaneseちとslightly, a little, a bit, somewhat describing an amount or degree
3Japanesewith; and; a particle following a phrase or...
4Old Japanese
5Proto-Japonicplace
6Proto-Uralicthat
Every word from Proto-Uralic Every word from Proto-Japonic Every word from Old Japanese