everyone. I am currently writing a paper on sentence final suffixes in
Japanese especially those used in conversation. I encounter a problem as to
what is the origin of -っけ (eg. 名前は何だっけ？) . Is it connected to the verb 来る？
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the origin of Japanese suffix (だ)-っけ
Any monolingual dictionary would instantly answer your question. See here for
example:

<https://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%81%91-487968#E5.A4.A7.E8.BE.9E.E6.9E.97.20.E7.AC.AC.E4.B8.89.E7.89.88>

The sentence-ending particle 「け」 as in 「～～だっけ/～～たっけ」 comes from the Classical
auxiliary verb 「 **けり** 」, which is basically used for expressing a feeling of
reminiscence and/or exclamation regarding a past event.

It has absolutely nothing to do with 「来{く}る」.
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