Where does “也” come from?

也 (Japanese) comes from Japanese なり, from Japanese に, from Old Japanese に.

也 (Japanese): The classical Japanese copula “to be”, equivalent...

Definitions

  1. The classical Japanese copula “to be”, equivalent...

Ancestry of “也”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseなりc. late 9th–mid-10th century, Taketori...
2Japaneseにparticle for indirect objects; to; particle for...
3Old Japaneseに—
Every word from Old Japanese に →Every word from Japanese に →Every word from Japanese なり →