Where does “ema” come from?

ema (English) comes from Japanese 絵馬, from Japanese 馬, from Middle Chinese 馬.

ema (English): A wooden plaque bearing a prayer or wish, left...

Definitions

  1. A wooden plaque bearing a prayer or wish, left...

Ancestry of “ema”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese絵馬an ema, a small wooden plaque on which Shinto...
2Japanese馬a horse; a promoted bishop; a sawhorse: a...
3Middle Chinese馬—
Every word from Middle Chinese 馬 →Every word from Japanese 馬 →Every word from Japanese 絵馬 →