Where does “sajonara” come from?

sajonara (Polish) comes from Japanese さようなら, from Japanese 左様ならば, from Japanese ならば, from Japanese ば, from Japanese は, from Old Japanese は.

sajonara (Polish): sayonara, farewell

Definitions

  1. sayonara, farewell

Ancestry of “sajonara”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseさようならa final expression of departure; farewell, so...
2Japanese左様ならば
3Japaneseならばif
4JapaneseIn Modern Japanese, attaches to the kateikei, and...
5Japanesewhat about, where is; Inserted between two verbs...
6Old Japanese
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