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The word "ao" in Old Japanese already had the blue/green confusion before the character 青 was borrowed to write it, so if classical Chinese did as well I guess
by fenomas 3y ago
The word "ao" in Old Japanese already had the blue/green confusion before the character 青 was borrowed to write it, so if classical Chinese did as well I guess that would be two such languages.
- thaumasiotes 3y ago> The word "ao" in Old Japanese already had the blue/green confusion before the character 青 was borrowed to write it What would the evidence for this be? It's clear that the word "ao" does not derive from the Chinese pronunciation of 青. But its meaning could easily have shifted under the influence of the spelling. Do we have a source that writes the word without spelling it 青?
- fenomas 3y agoThis? https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/青#やまと言葉の「あお」 https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/青#やまと言葉の「あお」