Where does “違う” come from?

違う (Japanese) comes from Japanese 交う — together, past each other.

違う (Japanese): to be different; to differ (from something)

Definitions

  1. to be different; to differ (from something)

Ancestry of “違う”, step by step

違う traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 交う

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese交うtogether, past each other

via Old Japanese 手

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japanese手—

Words derived from “違う”

Every word from Japanese 交う →