Where does “書く” come from?
書く (Japanese) comes from Proto-Japonic kaku, from Kapampangan aku, from Proto-Philippine *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian aku, from Proto-Austronesian aku.
書く (Japanese): write; record on the surface of; compose; put ...
Definitions
- write; record on the surface of; compose; put ...
Ancestry of “書く”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Japonic | kaku | to scratch; to write |
| 2 | Kapampangan | aku | I; me; my |
| 3 | Proto-Philippine | *aku | — |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | aku | — |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | aku | — |