Where does “如何しい” come from?
如何しい (Japanese) comes from Japanese 如何, from Old Japanese いか.
Ancestry of “如何しい”, step by step
如何しい traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 如何
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 如何 | what kind of; in what manner, how; what about.. |
| 2 | Old Japanese | いか | — |
via Japanese しい
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | しい | used to form adjectives from nouns,... |