Where does “言う” come from?

言う (Japanese) comes from Proto-Japonic ipu.

言う (Japanese): to say, to tell somebody; to call, to name, to...

Definitions

  1. to say, to tell somebody; to call, to name, to...

Ancestry of “言う”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Japonicipu

Words derived from “言う

Every word from Proto-Japonic ipu