Where does “もの” come from?

もの (Japanese) comes from Japanese 物, from Japanese 物言い, from Japanese 物言う — to talk.

Ancestry of “もの”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese物thing; story, genre
2Japanese物言いa way of speaking, wording
3Japanese物言うto talk

Words derived from “もの”

Every word from Japanese 物言う →Every word from Japanese 物言い →Every word from Japanese 物 →