Where does “水疱瘡” come from?

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

水疱瘡 (Japanese): a contagious illness caused by primary infection...

Definitions

  1. a contagious illness caused by primary infection...

Ancestry of “水疱瘡”, step by step

水疱瘡 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 疱瘡

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese疱瘡an infectious disease caused by both the Variola...
2Japanese疱—
Every word from Proto-Japonic *mentu →Every word from Old Japanese 水 →Every word from Japanese 水 →