Where does “地下水” come from?

地下水 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 水, from Old Japanese 水, from Proto-Japonic *mentu — water.

地下水 (Japanese): underground water

Definitions

  1. underground water

Ancestry of “地下水”, step by step

地下水 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 水

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese水water; drinking water; a fluid, liquid
2Old Japanese水water
3Proto-Japonic*mentuwater

via Japanese 地下

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese地下underground; subterranean
2Japanese地earth, dirt; fabric, cloth; territory
3Middle Chinese地—

Words derived from “地下水”

Every word from Proto-Japonic *mentu →Every word from Old Japanese 水 →Every word from Japanese 水 →