Where does “ま行” come from?

ま行 (Japanese) comes from Japanese ま, from Old Japanese ま.

ま行 (Japanese): the sixth row of the 五十音図, consisting of the five kana ま/マ, み/ミ, む/ム, め/メ and も/モ

Definitions

  1. the sixth row of the 五十音図, consisting of the five kana ま/マ, み/ミ, む/ム, め/メ and も/モ

Ancestry of “ま行”, step by step

ま行 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese ま

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseま間 space; room; 目 prefixal bound form of め; 真 the...
2Old Japaneseま—

via Japanese 行

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese行a line of text; a row of a matrix; Abbreviation...
2Middle Chinese行—
Every word from Old Japanese ま →Every word from Japanese ま →