Where does “落ちる” come from?

落ちる (Japanese) comes from Old Japanese 落つ — to fall.

落ちる (Japanese): to fall; to go down; to trip

Definitions

  1. to fall; to go down; to trip

Ancestry of “落ちる”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japanese落つto fall

Words derived from “落ちる”

Every word from Old Japanese 落つ →