Where does “祈る” come from?

祈る (Japanese) comes from Japanese 斎, from Japanese 時, from Old Japanese 時, from Old Japanese しだ — a time, circumstance, occasion.

祈る (Japanese): to pray; to hope for; to reject job

Definitions

  1. to pray; to hope for; to reject job

Ancestry of “祈る”, step by step

祈る traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 斎

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese斎meals exchanged between priests and parishioners
2Japanese時time; an event, case, occasion, moment; a...
3Old Japanese時a time, moment (in time), occasion
4Old Japaneseしだa time, circumstance, occasion

via Japanese 宣る

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese宣るto say or express an intention, usually to a...

Words derived from “祈る”

Every word from Old Japanese しだ →Every word from Old Japanese 時 →Every word from Japanese 時 →