Where does “汝” come from?
汝 (Old Japanese) comes from Old Japanese れ — nominalizing suffix used to form pronouns, often from demonstratives: one, thing.
汝 (Old Japanese): first-person singular pronoun: I, me;...
Definitions
- first-person singular pronoun: I, me;...
Ancestry of “汝”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Japanese | れ | nominalizing suffix used to form pronouns, often from demonstratives: one, thing |