Where does “mizuame” come from?

mizuame (English) comes from Japanese 水飴, from Japanese 水, from Old Japanese 水, from Proto-Japonic *mentu — water.

mizuame (English): A Japanese sweetener, a clear sticky liquid made...

Definitions

  1. A Japanese sweetener, a clear sticky liquid made...

Ancestry of “mizuame”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese水飴mizuame, glutinous starch syrup
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 →