Where does “甘木” come from?

甘木 (Chinese) comes from Japanese 甘木, from Japanese 木, from Old Japanese 木, from Proto-Japonic kəy — tree.

Ancestry of “甘木”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese甘木licorice
2Japanese木a tree or shrub; wood, timber, lumber; a tree
3Old Japanese木a tree or shrub; wood, timber, lumber; Combining...
4Proto-Japonickəytree
Every word from Proto-Japonic kəy →Every word from Old Japanese 木 →Every word from Japanese 木 →