Where does “水仕事” come from?
水仕事 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 仕事, from Japanese する, from Old Japanese す, from Proto-Japonic *su — nest.
水仕事 (Japanese): scrubbing and washing, kitchen work
Definitions
- scrubbing and washing, kitchen work
Ancestry of “水仕事”, step by step
水仕事 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 仕事
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 仕事 | a job; an occupation; work; job, work; work,... |
| 2 | Japanese | する | to exist; to come up; to exist; to be worth; to... |
| 3 | Old Japanese | す | to do; to happen, occur; to be in a state of... |
| 4 | Proto-Japonic | *su | nest |
via Japanese 水
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 水 | water; drinking water; a fluid, liquid |
| 2 | Old Japanese | 水 | water |
| 3 | Proto-Japonic | *mentu | water |