Where does “早稲田” come from?
早稲田 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 田, from Japanese 熊田 — Kumada (neighborhoods in Japan).
早稲田 (Japanese): a paddy of early-ripening rice
Definitions
- a paddy of early-ripening rice
Ancestry of “早稲田”, step by step
早稲田 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 田
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 田 | rice paddy; cultivated field |
| 2 | Japanese | 熊田 | Kumada (neighborhoods in Japan) |
via Japanese 早稲
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 早稲 | rice maturing early |