Where does “*糞しい” come from?
*糞しい (Japanese) comes from Japanese 糞, from Middle Chinese 糞.
Ancestry of “*糞しい”, step by step
*糞しい traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 糞
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 糞 | feces, excrement; shit, crap, garbage, trash;... |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 糞 | — |
via Japanese しい
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | しい | used to form adjectives from nouns,... |