Where does “一仕事” come from?
一仕事 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 仕事, from Japanese する, from Old Japanese す, from Proto-Japonic *su — nest.
一仕事 (Japanese): task; (doing a) bit of work
Definitions
- task; (doing a) bit of work
Ancestry of “一仕事”, step by step
一仕事 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 仕事
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 仕事 | a job; an occupation; work; job, work; work,... |
| 2 | Japanese | する | to exist; to come up; to exist; to be worth; to... |
| 3 | Old Japanese | す | to do; to happen, occur; to be in a state of... |
| 4 | Proto-Japonic | *su | nest |
via Japanese 一
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 一 | one, 1; "term relating to the number one"; unity |
| 2 | Japanese | 始め | beginning, the start of an activity or time... |
| 3 | Japanese | 始める | begin; start; initiate; originate |