Where does “はい” come from?
はい (Japanese) comes from Japanese は, from Old Japanese は.
はい (Japanese): yes; okay; understood, got it; yes; here;...
Definitions
- yes; okay; understood, got it; yes; here;...
Ancestry of “はい”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | は | what about, where is; Inserted between two verbs... |
| 2 | Old Japanese | は | — |