Where does “我に張る” come from?
我に張る (Japanese) comes from Japanese 我, from Old Japanese 我, from Old Japanese れ — nominalizing suffix used to form pronouns, often from demonstratives: one, thing.
我に張る (Japanese): to stick to one's beliefs
Definitions
- to stick to one's beliefs
Ancestry of “我に張る”, step by step
我に張る traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 我
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 我 | first person singular pronoun: I, me, oneself;... |
| 2 | Old Japanese | 我 | first-person personal pronoun: I, me;... |
| 3 | Old Japanese | れ | nominalizing suffix used to form pronouns, often from demonstratives: one, thing |
via Japanese に
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | に | particle for indirect objects; to; particle for... |
| 2 | Old Japanese | に | — |
via Japanese 張る
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 張る | spread, fill; swell; put up, spread |