Where does “とばかり” come from?
とばかり (Japanese) comes from Japanese と, from Old Japanese と, from Proto-Japonic tə, from Proto-Uralic tä — that.
とばかり (Japanese): and only, if only
Ancestry of “とばかり”, step by step
とばかり 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 ばかり
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | ばかり | just; full of; only, always |
| 2 | Japanese | 計り | measurement; weight, size, etc |
| 3 | Japanese | 計る | to weigh, to measure, to estimate; to conjecture,... |