Where does “masu” come from?

masu (English) comes from Japanese 鱒, from Japanese 松 — a pine tree; a pine branch decorated for the...

masu (English): A plant, Hedysarum alpinum, whose edible root is...

Definitions

  1. A plant, Hedysarum alpinum, whose edible root is...

Ancestry of “masu”, step by step

masu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 鱒

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鱒trout, sea trout: more specifically, fish...
2Japanese松a pine tree; a pine branch decorated for the...

via Inupiaq masu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Inupiaqmasu—
Every word from Japanese 松 →Every word from Japanese 鱒 →