Where does “Ezo” come from?

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

Ezo (English): A former name for the Ainu

Definitions

  1. A former name for the Ainu

Ancestry of “Ezo”, 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 →