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Where does “お母さん” come from?

お母さん (Japanese) comes from Japanese 母, from Old Japanese はは.

お母さん (Japanese): mother; one's mother

Definitions

  1. mother; one's mother

Ancestry of “お母さん”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese母mother; a woman who breastfeeds and raises a...
2Old Japaneseはは—

Words derived from “お母さん”

  • khà-sàng
Every word from Old Japanese はは →