Where does “爾” come from?

爾 (Japanese) comes from Old Japanese おれ.

爾 (Japanese): second person pronoun: you

Definitions

  1. second person pronoun: you

Ancestry of “爾”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japaneseおれ—

Words derived from “爾”

Every word from Old Japanese おれ →