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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese我first person singular pronoun: I, me, oneself;...
2Old Japanese我first-person personal pronoun: I, me;...
3Old Japaneseれnominalizing suffix used to form pronouns, often from demonstratives: one, thing

via Japanese に

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseにparticle for indirect objects; to; particle for...
2Old Japaneseに—

via Japanese 張る

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese張るspread, fill; swell; put up, spread

Words derived from “我に張る”

Every word from Old Japanese れ →Every word from Old Japanese 我 →Every word from Japanese 我 →