Where does “Emishi” come from?

Emishi (English) comes from Japanese 蝦夷, from Old Japanese 蝦夷 — an ancient ethnic group that once lived on...

Emishi (English): An ancient ethnic group of northeastern Honshū in the Tōhoku region of Japan

Definitions

  1. An ancient ethnic group of northeastern Honshū in the Tōhoku region of Japan

Ancestry of “Emishi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese蝦夷an ancient ethnic group that once lived on what...
2Old Japanese蝦夷an ancient ethnic group that once lived on...
Every word from Old Japanese 蝦夷 →Every word from Japanese 蝦夷 →