Where does “生水” come from?
生水 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 水, from Old Japanese 水, from Proto-Japonic *mentu — water.
生水 (Japanese): raw water, unboiled water
Definitions
- raw water, unboiled water
Ancestry of “生水”, step by step
生水 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 水
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 水 | water; drinking water; a fluid, liquid |
| 2 | Old Japanese | 水 | water |
| 3 | Proto-Japonic | *mentu | water |
via Japanese 生
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 生 | a raw, uncooked state; Short for 生ビール; live |
| 2 | Japanese | 生き | living; life, living; freshness |
| 3 | Japanese | 生く | to live; to exist; to keep alive; to grow or... |