Where does “一” come from?

一 (Okinawan) comes from Japanese 一, from Japanese 始め, from Japanese 始める — begin; start; initiate; originate.

一 (Okinawan): one

Definitions

  1. one

Ancestry of “一”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese一one, 1; "term relating to the number one"; unity
2Japanese始めbeginning, the start of an activity or time...
3Japanese始めるbegin; start; initiate; originate

Words derived from “一”

Every word from Japanese 始める →Every word from Japanese 始め →Every word from Japanese 一 →