Where does “水” come from?

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

水 (Japanese): water; drinking water; a fluid, liquid

Definitions

  1. water; drinking water; a fluid, liquid

Ancestry of “水”, step by step

水 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Japanese 水

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japanese水water
2Proto-Japonic*mentuwater

via Middle Chinese 水

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese水—
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanlwi(j)flow; stream

Words derived from “水”

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