Where does “は行” come from?

は行 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 行, from Middle Chinese 行.

は行 (Japanese): the sixth row of the 五十音図, consisting of the five kana は/ハ, ひ/ヒ, ふ/フ, へ/ヘ and ほ/ホ

Definitions

  1. the sixth row of the 五十音図, consisting of the five kana は/ハ, ひ/ヒ, ふ/フ, へ/ヘ and ほ/ホ

Ancestry of “は行”, step by step

は行 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 行

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese行a line of text; a row of a matrix; Abbreviation...
2Middle Chinese行—

via Japanese は

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseはwhat about, where is; Inserted between two verbs...
2Old Japaneseは—
Every word from Middle Chinese 行 →Every word from Japanese 行 →