Where does “懐旧” come from?

懐旧 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 旧, from Japanese 人, from Proto-Japonic *pitə — one.

懐旧 (Japanese): nostalgia; longing for the old days

Definitions

  1. nostalgia; longing for the old days

Ancestry of “懐旧”, step by step

懐旧 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 旧

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese旧old things, original state, former state, old...
2Japanese人a person, human; an individual; mankind, people
3Proto-Japonic*pitəone

via Japanese 懐

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese懐the bosom, the breast; a breast pocket,...
Every word from Proto-Japonic *pitə →Every word from Japanese 人 →Every word from Japanese 旧 →