Where does “mizuame” come from?
mizuame (English) comes from Japanese 水飴, from Japanese 水, from Old Japanese 水, from Proto-Japonic *mentu.
mizuame (English): A Japanese sweetener, a clear sticky liquid made...
Definitions
- A Japanese sweetener, a clear sticky liquid made...
Ancestry of “mizuame”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 水飴 | mizuame, glutinous starch syrup |
| 2 | Japanese | 水 | water; drinking water; a fluid, liquid |
| 3 | Old Japanese | 水 | water |
| 4 | Proto-Japonic | *mentu | — |