Where does “左様ならば” come from?

左様ならば (Japanese) comes from Japanese ならば, from Japanese ば, from Japanese は, from Old Japanese は.

Ancestry of “左様ならば”, step by step

左様ならば traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese ならば

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseならばif
2JapaneseIn Modern Japanese, attaches to the kateikei, and...
3Japanesewhat about, where is; Inserted between two verbs...
4Old Japanese

via Japanese 左様

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese左様like that
2Japaneseway, style, appearance; be like, look like, seem...
3Middle Chinese

Words derived from “左様ならば

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