まほし

Etymology
Shift from, itself a compound of.

One alternative derivation posits that this may have derived from the volitional/conjectural auxiliary in the irrealis form of, with  attaching directly to this. However, syntactically, hoshi never followed verbs in the irrealis, and only followed nouns or verbs in the conjunctive -te conjugation, making this derivation unlikely.

The older form appears in Old Japanese works of the  and early,  with this abbreviated  form arising later in the ,  primarily in  poetry and works written in kana. The modern desiderative ending then appears from the, gradually replacing -mahoshi.

Suffix

 * 1) to want (to do); to hope (to do)
 * 2)  I wish that; it is desirable that
 * 1)  I wish that; it is desirable that
 * 1)  I wish that; it is desirable that
 * 1)  I wish that; it is desirable that
 * 1)  I wish that; it is desirable that