Where does “なんでやねん” come from?
なんでやねん (Japanese) comes from Japanese や, from Japanese じゃ, from Japanese である, from Japanese で, from Japanese ぜ, from Japanese ぞえ, from Japanese え, from Middle Chinese 衣.
なんでやねん (Japanese): what the hell! what gives!
Definitions
- what the hell! what gives!
Ancestry of “なんでやねん”, step by step
なんでやねん traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese や
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | や | and/or; is, are; Alternative form of いや |
| 2 | Japanese | じゃ | so, then—used for connecting to a reasonable... |
| 3 | Japanese | である | To be: the copula, with the same function as だ and its polite form です |
| 4 | Japanese | で | at; with, by, using; indicating the following... |
| 5 | Japanese | ぜ | sentence-ending particle signifying emphasis,... |
| 6 | Japanese | ぞえ | sentence-ending particle signifying emphasis, used to lightly press one's point, with affectionate overtones |
| 7 | Japanese | え | Alternative form of い |
| 8 | Middle Chinese | 衣 | — |
via Japanese なんて
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | なんて | emphasizes disgust, contempt, or otherwise... |
| 2 | Japanese | 等 | et cetera; rank, class, order; et cetera, that... |
| 3 | Japanese | なんど | 何度 the number of times, how often; 等 et cetera;... |
| 4 | Japanese | 何と | etc., and so forth, and such like |
| 5 | Japanese | 何 | What?, Huh?; what; that thing |
via Japanese ねん
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | ねん | used for emphasis |