Where does “六ヶ月” come from?

六ヶ月 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 月, from Old Japanese 月, from Proto-Japonic tukuy, from Proto-Japonic tuku.

六ヶ月 (Japanese): six months (duration)

Definitions

  1. six months (duration)

Ancestry of “六ヶ月”, step by step

六ヶ月 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 月

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese月the moon; a natural satellite; moonlight,...
2Old Japanese月the moon; a month; a menstrual cycle,...
3Proto-Japonictukuymoon
4Proto-Japonictuku—

via Japanese 六

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese六six; a name of a hole of a wind instrument
2Late Middle Chinese六—

via Japanese ヶ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JapaneseヶAn alternative spelling of an obsolete possessive...
2Japanese箇used with numbers in the ichi-ni-san counting system
Every word from Proto-Japonic tuku →Every word from Proto-Japonic tukuy →Every word from Old Japanese 月 →