Where does “聞く” come from?

聞く (Japanese) comes from Lamboya kiku, from Proto-Austronesian *kikuʀ.

聞く (Japanese): to hear, to listen; to have heard of before; to...

Definitions

  1. to hear, to listen; to have heard of before; to...

Ancestry of “聞く”, step by step

聞く traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lamboya kiku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lamboyakiku—
2Proto-Austronesian*kikuʀ—

via Old Japanese 聞く

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japanese聞くto hear, listen

Words derived from “聞く”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *kikuʀ →Every word from Lamboya kiku →