Where does “用言” come from?

用言 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 言, from Middle Chinese 言.

用言 (Japanese): an inflected 自立語 in Japanese or Korean grammar

Definitions

  1. an inflected 自立語 in Japanese or Korean grammar

Ancestry of “用言”, step by step

用言 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 言

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese言word; parole
2Middle Chinese言—

via Japanese 用

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese用use; a task, business, an errand; for the use of,...
2Middle Chinese用—
Every word from Middle Chinese 言 →Every word from Japanese 言 →