Where does “水干” come from?

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

水干 (Japanese): cloth that has been stretched and dried using...

Definitions

  1. cloth that has been stretched and dried using...

Ancestry of “水干”, step by step

水干 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 干

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese干dry
2Middle Chinese干—
Every word from Proto-Japonic *mentu →Every word from Old Japanese 水 →Every word from Japanese 水 →