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Where does “如何わしい” come from?

如何わしい (Japanese) comes from Japanese 如何しい, from Japanese 如何, from Old Japanese いか.

如何わしい (Japanese): unreliable, doubtful, uncertain; questionable,...

Definitions

  1. unreliable, doubtful, uncertain; questionable,...

Ancestry of “如何わしい”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese如何しい—
2Japanese如何what kind of; in what manner, how; what about..
3Old Japaneseいか—
Every word from Old Japanese いか →