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Where does “ayu” come from?

ayu (English) comes from Japanese 鮎, from Old Japanese あゆ.

ayu (English): A sweetfish, an amphidromous fish of East Asia,...

Definitions

  1. A sweetfish, an amphidromous fish of East Asia,...

Ancestry of “ayu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鮎the "ayu" or sweetfish, "Plecoglossus altivelis";...
2Old Japaneseあゆ—
Every word from Old Japanese あゆ →