Where does “誓う” come from?

誓う (Japanese) comes from Japanese 血, from Old Japanese 血 — blood.

誓う (Japanese): to swear, to pledge, to make an oath, to vow

Definitions

  1. to swear, to pledge, to make an oath, to vow

Ancestry of “誓う”, step by step

誓う traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 血

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese血blood
2Old Japanese血blood

via Japanese 交う

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese交うtogether, past each other

Words derived from “誓う”

Every word from Old Japanese 血 →Every word from Japanese 血 →