Where does “仕入れる” come from?
仕入れる (Japanese) comes from Japanese する, from Old Japanese す, from Proto-Japonic *su — nest.
仕入れる (Japanese): lay in, stock
Ancestry of “仕入れる”, step by step
仕入れる traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese する
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | する | to exist; to come up; to exist; to be worth; to... |
| 2 | Old Japanese | す | to do; to happen, occur; to be in a state of... |
| 3 | Proto-Japonic | *su | nest |
via Japanese 入れる
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 入れる | to put (something) in |
| 2 | Japanese | 入る | to enter, go into, get into; to arrive; to join a... |
| 3 | Old Japanese | いる | — |