Where does “水たまり” come from?

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

水たまり (Japanese): puddle

Definitions

  1. puddle

Ancestry of “水たまり”, step by step

水たまり 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 溜まり

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese溜まりpile, pool, such as a pool of water; gathering...
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