Where does “水飴” come from?

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

水飴 (Japanese): mizuame, glutinous starch syrup

Definitions

  1. mizuame, glutinous starch syrup

Ancestry of “水飴”, step by step

水飴 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 飴

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese飴candy

Words derived from “水飴”

Every word from Proto-Japonic *mentu →Every word from Old Japanese 水 →Every word from Japanese 水 →