Where does “彼女” come from?

彼女 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 彼の, from Japanese 彼, from Old Japanese か.

彼女 (Japanese): Female third-person singular pronoun; she, her;...

Definitions

  1. Female third-person singular pronoun; she, her;...

Ancestry of “彼女”, step by step

彼女 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 彼の

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese彼のthat
2Japanese彼distal demonstrative, something far off removed...
3Old Japaneseか—

via Japanese 女

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese女a woman; a wife; a mistress, concubine
2Middle Chinese女—

Words derived from “彼女”

Every word from Old Japanese か →Every word from Japanese 彼 →Every word from Japanese 彼の →