Where does “mizuage” come from?

mizuage (English) comes from Japanese 水揚げ, from Japanese 水, from Old Japanese 水, from Proto-Japonic *mentu — water.

mizuage (English): The coming-of-age ceremony of a maiko, an...

Definitions

  1. The coming-of-age ceremony of a maiko, an...

Ancestry of “mizuage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese水揚げlanding bringing to land of cargo
2Japanese水water; drinking water; a fluid, liquid
3Old Japanese水water
4Proto-Japonic*mentuwater
Every word from Proto-Japonic *mentu →Every word from Old Japanese 水 →Every word from Japanese 水 →
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