Where does “kana” come from?

kana (Romani) comes from Sanskrit कदा, from Japanese か, from Japanese いつか — sometime, at some point.

kana (Romani): when

Definitions

  1. when

Ancestry of “kana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritकदाwhen, at what time?; someday, one day; how?
2Japaneseかfinal interrogative particle, similar to a...
3Japaneseいつかsometime, at some point
Every word from Japanese いつか →Every word from Japanese か →Every word from Sanskrit कदा →