Where does “三十” come from?

三十 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 三, from Middle Chinese さん.

三十 (Japanese): thirty; thirty years of age

Definitions

  1. thirty; thirty years of age

Ancestry of “三十”, step by step

三十 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesethree, 3; third; three
2Middle Chineseさん

via Old Japanese みそ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japaneseみそ
2Proto-Japonicminsə

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseability, talent, aptitude; simplified form of 歳;...

Words derived from “三十

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