Where does “私する” come from?

私する (Japanese) comes from Japanese する, from Old Japanese す, from Proto-Japonic *su — nest.

私する (Japanese): to privatize, especially to appropriate something public and secure it for personal use

Definitions

  1. to privatize, especially to appropriate something public and secure it for personal use

Ancestry of “私する”, step by step

私する traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese する

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseするto exist; to come up; to exist; to be worth; to...
2Old Japaneseすto do; to happen, occur; to be in a state of...
3Proto-Japonic*sunest

via Japanese 私

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese私first-person singular pronoun: I, me; a personal...
2Old Japanese私a personal or private matter
Every word from Proto-Japonic *su →Every word from Old Japanese す →Every word from Japanese する →