Where does “って” come from?

って (Japanese) comes from Japanese と, from Old Japanese と, from Proto-Japonic tə, from Proto-Uralic tä — that.

って (Japanese): he/she/I/they/we said: a type of verbal quotation...

Definitions

  1. he/she/I/they/we said: a type of verbal quotation...

Ancestry of “って”, step by step

って traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese と

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseとwith; and; a particle following a phrase or...
2Old Japaneseと—
3Proto-Japonictəplace
4Proto-Uralictäthat

via Japanese て

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JapaneseてA conjunctive particle, attaching to the...
2Japaneseつindicates the completion of an action; indicates...
3Old Japaneseつ—
Every word from Proto-Uralic tä →Every word from Proto-Japonic tə →Every word from Old Japanese と →