Where does “平ら” come from?
平ら (Japanese) comes from Japanese た, from Japanese たる, from Japanese たり, from Japanese と, from Old Japanese と, from Proto-Japonic tə, from Proto-Uralic tä — that.
平ら (Japanese): flatness
Definitions
- flatness
Ancestry of “平ら”, step by step
平ら traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese た
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | た | indicates a past or completed action; indicates... |
| 2 | Japanese | たる | 垂 waterfall; 樽 barrel; 足る be enough |
| 3 | Japanese | たり | used to list actions or states, possibly implying the existence of other similar actions or states |
| 4 | Japanese | と | with; and; a particle following a phrase or... |
| 5 | Old Japanese | と | — |
| 6 | Proto-Japonic | tə | place |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | tä | that |