Where does “桜湯” come from?

桜湯 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 湯, from Old Japanese ゆ, from Proto-Japonic *yu — hot water.

桜湯 (Japanese): cherry blossom tea, sakura tea: pickled "sakura"...

Definitions

  1. cherry blossom tea, sakura tea: pickled "sakura"...

Ancestry of “桜湯”, step by step

桜湯 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 湯

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese湯warm or hot water; bathwater; a hot spring
2Old Japaneseゆattaches to the
3Proto-Japonic*yuhot water

via Japanese 桜

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese桜a cherry tree, "more specifically" the Japanese...
2Old Japanese桜—
Every word from Proto-Japonic *yu →Every word from Old Japanese ゆ →Every word from Japanese 湯 →