Where does “として” come from?
として (Japanese) comes from Japanese と, from Old Japanese と, from Proto-Japonic tə, from Proto-Uralic tä — that.
として (Japanese): as
Ancestry of “として”, step by step
として traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese と
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | と | with; and; a particle following a phrase or... |
| 2 | Old Japanese | と | — |
| 3 | Proto-Japonic | tə | place |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | tä | that |
via Japanese する
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | する | to exist; to come up; to exist; to be worth; to... |
| 2 | Old Japanese | す | to do; to happen, occur; to be in a state of... |
| 3 | Proto-Japonic | *su | nest |