Where does “水内” come from?

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

水内 (Japanese): a place name

Definitions

  1. a place name

Ancestry of “水内”, step by step

水内 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 内

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese内inside, within; between, among; while, during,...
2Middle Chinese內—
Every word from Proto-Japonic *mentu →Every word from Old Japanese 水 →Every word from Japanese 水 →