Where does “海水温” come from?

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

海水温 (Japanese): seawater temperature

Definitions

  1. seawater temperature

Ancestry of “海水温”, step by step

海水温 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 海水

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese海水seawater
2Japanese水water; drinking water; a fluid, liquid
3Old Japanese水water
4Proto-Japonic*mentuwater

via Chinese 温

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