Where does “物” come from?

物 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 物言い, from Japanese 物言う — to talk.

物 (Japanese): thing; story, genre

Definitions

  1. thing; story, genre

Ancestry of “物”, step by step

物 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 物言い

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese物言いa way of speaking, wording
2Japanese物言うto talk

via Old Japanese 物

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japanese物—

via Middle Chinese 物

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese物—

Words derived from “物”

Every word from Japanese 物言う →Every word from Japanese 物言い →