Where does “変格” come from?

変格 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 変, from Middle Chinese 變.

変格 (Japanese): irregularity; irregular conjugation; translative...

Definitions

  1. irregularity; irregular conjugation; translative...

Ancestry of “変格”, step by step

変格 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 変

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese変a change
2Middle Chinese變—

via Japanese 格

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese格status, rank; case; capacity

via Japanese case]]

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesecase]]—

Words derived from “変格”

Every word from Middle Chinese 變 →Every word from Japanese 変 →