Where does “鄙” come from?

鄙 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 人, from Proto-Japonic *pitə — one.

鄙 (Japanese): a countrified or rustic person: a hick, a bumpkin

Definitions

  1. a countrified or rustic person: a hick, a bumpkin

Ancestry of “鄙”, step by step

鄙 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 人

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese人a person, human; an individual; mankind, people
2Proto-Japonic*pitəone

via Japanese 外

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese外(the) outside
2Middle Chinese外—
Every word from Proto-Japonic *pitə →Every word from Japanese 人 →