Where does “と” come from?

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

と (Japanese): with; and; a particle following a phrase or...

Definitions

  1. with; and; a particle following a phrase or...

Ancestry of “と”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japaneseと—
2Proto-Japonictəplace
3Proto-Uralictäthat

Words derived from “と”

Every word from Proto-Uralic tä →Every word from Proto-Japonic tə →Every word from Old Japanese と →