Where does “古い” come from?

古い (Japanese) comes from Japanese 連体形, from Japanese 連体, from Japanese 体, from Middle Chinese 體.

古い (Japanese): old, aged, antiqued

Definitions

  1. old, aged, antiqued

Ancestry of “古い”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese連体形the attributive form; an inflectional category
2Japanese連体connecting to an uninflectable word
3Japanese体In general: the body, e.g. of a human or animal;...
4Middle Chinese體—

Words derived from “古い”

Every word from Middle Chinese 體 →Every word from Japanese 体 →Every word from Japanese 連体 →