Where does “外つ国” come from?

外つ国 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 国, from Old Japanese 国.

外つ国 (Japanese): foreign country

Definitions

  1. foreign country

Ancestry of “外つ国”, step by step

外つ国 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 国

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese国a land, a large place; a country in general, a...
2Old Japanese国—

via Japanese 外

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese外(the) outside
2Middle Chinese外—

via Japanese つ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseつindicates the completion of an action; indicates...
2Old Japaneseつ—
Every word from Old Japanese 国 →Every word from Japanese 国 →