Where does “母艦” come from?

母艦 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 母, from Old Japanese はは.

母艦 (Japanese): a mother ship, a tender; Short for 航空母艦

Definitions

  1. a mother ship, a tender; Short for 航空母艦

Ancestry of “母艦”, step by step

母艦 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesemother; a woman who breastfeeds and raises a...
2Old Japaneseはは

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesewarship

via English mother ship

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmother shipA vessel or aircraft that serves or carries a...

Words derived from “母艦

Every word from Old Japanese ははEvery word from Japanese