Where does “聞きなさい” come from?

聞きなさい (Japanese) comes from Japanese なさい, from Japanese 為さる, from Japanese 為す — to do.

Ancestry of “聞きなさい”, step by step

聞きなさい traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese なさい

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseなさいcombines with the verb stem to create an...
2Japanese為さる—
3Japanese為すto do

via Japanese [[聞く

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese[[聞く—

via Japanese 聞き]]

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese聞き]]—
Every word from Japanese 為す →Every word from Japanese 為さる →Every word from Japanese なさい →