Where does “ほろり” come from?

ほろり (Japanese) comes from Japanese り, from Japanese あり — 有り existing; 蟻 ant.

ほろり (Japanese): evocative of something light or fragile falling...

Definitions

  1. evocative of something light or fragile falling...

Ancestry of “ほろり”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JapaneseりUsed to form the stative of verbs; adverb-forming...
2Japaneseあり有り existing; 蟻 ant
Every word from Japanese あり →Every word from Japanese り →