I suspect that De’vID is right. I thought that Okrand may have mentioned it in one of his many posts, articles and explanations. but when I searched all of my
notes for the phrase I found nothing.
--Voragh
From: tlhIngan-Hol
On Behalf Of De'vID
Sent: Thursday, November 4, 2021 5:14 AM
On Tue, 2 Nov 2021 at 04:58, Scott D. Randel wrote:
Lately, I have heard people translating {-vaD} as “for the benefit of.”
Lately? According to the mailing list archives, it's been used since (at least) 1996:
I suspect, as others have already noted, that it probably just comes from a rephrasing of the definition in TKD itself.