Where does “運が開ける” come from?
運が開ける (Japanese) comes from Japanese 運, from Middle Chinese 運, from Middle Chinese 數, from Old Chinese 數.
運が開ける (Japanese): to have luck turn one's way
Definitions
- to have luck turn one's way
Ancestry of “運が開ける”, step by step
運が開ける traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 運
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 運 | luck, fortune |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 運 | — |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 數 | — |
| 4 | Old Chinese | 數 | — |
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 開ける
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 開ける | to open |