Where does “糖尿病” come from?

糖尿病 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 糖尿, from Japanese 尿, from Japanese 湯, from Old Japanese ゆ, from Proto-Japonic *yu — hot water.

糖尿病 (Japanese): diabetes

Definitions

  1. diabetes

Ancestry of “糖尿病”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese糖尿glycosuria
2Japanese尿urine
3Japanese湯warm or hot water; bathwater; a hot spring
4Old Japaneseゆattaches to the
5Proto-Japonic*yuhot water
Every word from Proto-Japonic *yu →Every word from Old Japanese ゆ →Every word from Japanese 湯 →