taberu

a word from vocabulary Japanese by Christopher K. Schmidt  
Word form taberu
Original script 食べる
LWT meaning(s)
Word meaning Originally a honorific verb with the meaning “receive”.
Analyzability unanalyzable
Age Late Old Japanese [21] (794–1185)
Lexical stratum wago
Year 927
Comparison with Korean Class 2: (p problematic in MK): K capsu(si)-, cas(i)-- < MK casi-, ca(ɔps)-- < *cab-. (73)
Register General
Numeric frequency 424.1