Where does “miso” come from?

Miso comes from Japanese 味噌, which derives from Japanese 未醤.

miso (English): A thick paste made by fermentation of soybeans...

Definitions

  1. A thick paste made by fermentation of soybeans...

Ancestry of “miso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese味噌miso; the innards of a crab or shrimp resembling...
2Proto-Japonic*misau—

Words derived from “miso”

Every word from Proto-Japonic *misau →Every word from Japanese 味噌 →