Where does “ときめく” come from?

ときめく (Japanese) comes from Japanese 時, from Old Japanese 時, from Old Japanese しだ — a time, circumstance, occasion.

ときめく (Japanese): to be restless with emotion, to throb with anxiety

Definitions

  1. to be restless with emotion, to throb with anxiety

Ancestry of “ときめく”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese時time; an event, case, occasion, moment; a...
2Old Japanese時a time, moment (in time), occasion
3Old Japaneseしだa time, circumstance, occasion
Every word from Old Japanese しだ →Every word from Old Japanese 時 →Every word from Japanese 時 →