Where does “水資源” come from?

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

水資源 (Japanese): water resources

Definitions

  1. water resources

Ancestry of “水資源”, step by step

水資源 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 資源

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese資源resources
Every word from Proto-Japonic *mentu →Every word from Old Japanese 水 →Every word from Japanese 水 →