Where does “miso” come from?

miso (French) comes from Japanese 味噌, from Proto-Japonic *misau.

miso (French): miso

Definitions

  1. miso

Ancestry of “miso”, step by step

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