Where does “味” come from?

味 (Japanese) comes from Old Japanese 味, from Proto-Japonic *anti — flavor, taste.

味 (Japanese): clever, smart, witty; mysterious, strange; a...

Definitions

  1. clever, smart, witty; mysterious, strange; a...

Ancestry of “味”, step by step

味 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Japanese 味

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japanese味flavor, flavour
2Proto-Japonic*antiflavor, taste

via Middle Chinese 味

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese味—

Words derived from “味”

Every word from Proto-Japonic *anti →Every word from Old Japanese 味 →