Where does “種” come from?

種 (Japanese) comes from Proto-Japonic tanay — seed.

種 (Japanese): a seed; a pit or stone in a fruit; a gamete

Definitions

  1. a seed; a pit or stone in a fruit; a gamete

Ancestry of “種”, step by step

種 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Japonic tanay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Japonictanayseed

via Middle Chinese 種

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese種—

Words derived from “種”

Every word from Proto-Japonic tanay →