Where does “ら行” come from?

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

ら行 (Japanese): the ninth row of the 五十音図, consisting of the five kana ら/ラ, り/リ, る/ル, れ/レ and ろ/ロ

Definitions

  1. the ninth row of the 五十音図, consisting of the five kana ら/ラ, り/リ, る/ル, れ/レ and ろ/ロ

Ancestry of “ら行”, step by step

ら行 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 ら

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseらimperfective form of the suffix る; 等 pluralizing...
2Old Japaneseら—
Every word from Middle Chinese 行 →Every word from Japanese 行 →