Where does “mizuage” come from?
mizuage (English) comes from Japanese 水揚げ, from Japanese 水, from Old Japanese 水, from Proto-Japonic *mentu.
mizuage (English): The coming-of-age ceremony of a maiko, an...
Definitions
- The coming-of-age ceremony of a maiko, an...
Ancestry of “mizuage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 水揚げ | — |
| 2 | Japanese | 水 | water; drinking water; a fluid, liquid |
| 3 | Old Japanese | 水 | water |
| 4 | Proto-Japonic | *mentu | — |