Where does “火が降る” come from?
火が降る (Japanese) comes from Japanese 火, from Old Japanese 火, from Proto-Japonic poy, from Proto-Japonic po.
Ancestry of “火が降る”, step by step
火が降る traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 火
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 火 | "term relating to fire"; a light; a burning... |
| 2 | Old Japanese | 火 | a fire; a light |
| 3 | Proto-Japonic | poy | fire |
| 4 | Proto-Japonic | po | — |
via Japanese が
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | が | Indicates the subject of a sentence; conjunction;... |
| 2 | Finnish | -nka | Forms nouns, mainly bird names (in dialects) and some toponyms |
via Japanese 降る
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 降る | to fall from the sky, to precipitate |