Where does “腹が減る” come from?
腹が減る (Japanese) comes from Japanese が, from Finnish -nka — Forms nouns, mainly bird names (in dialects) and some toponyms.
腹が減る (Japanese): to get hungry
Definitions
- to get hungry
Ancestry of “腹が減る”, step by step
腹が減る traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese が
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | が | Indicates the subject of a sentence; conjunction;... |
| 2 | Finnish | -nka | Forms nouns, mainly bird names (in dialects) and some toponyms |
via Japanese 腹
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 腹 | belly |
via Japanese 減る
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 減る | To be reduced or decrease in size or quantity; to... |