いにしえ

Japanese

Etymology

Alternative spellings
古往にしへ (archaic) 去にしへ (archaic)

⟨ini si pe₁⟩ → */inisipʲe/ → /iniɕiɸe/ → /iniɕiwe/ → /iniɕie/

From Old Japanese 古 (inisipe₁), itself derived from 往に (ini, the 連用形 (ren’yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of classical verb 往ぬ (inu), “to pass”) +‎ し (-shi, the 連体形 (rentaikei, “attributive form”) of き (-ki), classical past-tense marker) +‎ 方 (-he, a suffix expressing time; by extension of 辺 (-he), expressing direction). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いにしえ [ìníshíé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [iɲ̟iɕie̞]

Noun

いにしえ • (inishie) ^{←いにしへ (inisife)^?}

Derived terms

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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